Definition of warsaw Warsaw
/wɔˈɹsɔˌ/ - [worso] - War•saw
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| warsaw - the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland | ||
| Warszawa, Warsaw, capital of Poland | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- warsaw (n.)
The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States. - warsaw (n.)
The jewfish; -- called also guasa.
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warsaw
The capital of Poland.
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warsaw
Formerly the capital of Poland, now capital of the Russian, or rather Russianized, government of Warsaw, on the left bank of the Vistula, about 300 miles east of Berlin by railway. The Poles were defeated in a three days’ battle by the Swedes, July 28-30, 1656. An alliance was formed here, between Austria and Poland against Turkey, in pursuance of which John Sobieski assisted in raising the siege of Vienna (see VIENNA), March 31, 1683. Warsaw surrendered to Charles XII., 1703. A treaty was concluded here between Russia and Poland, February 24, 1768. The Russians, placed here in 1794, were expelled by the citizens with the loss of 2000 killed and 500 wounded, and 30 pieces of cannon, April 17, 1794; the Poles were defeated, by the Russians at Maciejovice, near Warsaw, October 4, 1794. The king of Prussia besieged Warsaw, July, 1794; was compelled to raise the siege in September; but it was taken by the Russians, November, 1794. On November 4, 1794, the Russian general Suwarrow, after the siege and destruction of Warsaw, cruelly butchered 30,000 Poles, of all ages and conditions, in cold blood. In August, 1807, Warsaw was constituted a duchy, and annexed to the house of Saxony. In 1813 the duchy was overrun by the Russians, and Warsaw made the residence of a Russian viceroy. A Polish revolution commenced at Warsaw, November 29, 1830. The subsequent principal events in the history of this city being intimately connected with that of the state of which it was the capital, are narrated in the article Poland.
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Warsaw (In Polish: "Warszawa") is the capital of Poland. It is also the biggest city in that country. There are about 2,000,000 people living there. People from Warsaw are called "Varsovians".
Geography.
Warsaw lies near the middle of Poland on both sides of the Vistula river, and about 350 km (225 miles) from the Baltic Sea. It is about 100 m (325 ft) above sea level.
Warsaw is home to 4 universities and 62 colleges, and many theatres and art galleries.
History.
People began living in this place in the 13th century. By the 15th century, Warsaw had grown enough to be called a city. It became the capital of Poland in 1596.
The city was destroyed several times in its history, but every time it was rebuilt. The most important of these times was during the Second World War. Poland had been occupied by Germany between 1939 and 1944. On 1 August 1944, the people of Warsaw started fighting to free their city. This was called the "Warsaw Uprising". It lasted for 63 days, but eventually the people of Warsaw were beaten, and there was almost nothing left of the Old Town. After the war, the Varsovians rebuilt the Old Town from looking at old photographs and drawings. The rest of the city, also destroyed in 90% was not rebuilt, but built from the beginning "the new way". Owners of buildings and realty from before the war are still fighting for the property taken by the communists.
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