Krakow
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Krakow
- /ˈkɹækaʊ/ US
- /ˈkɹɑkaʊ/ US
- /ˈkɹækoʊ/ US
- /ˈkɹɑkoʊ/ US
- /ˈkɹækaʊ/ UK
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From Middle English crakou, crawcow, with a change in spelling to better reflect the original Polish spelling.
proper noun Cracow · Kraków · Cracov · Krakau
- A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.
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Talk about this word "Krakow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/krakow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Krakow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/krakow "Krakow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/krakow.Cite this
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title = {Krakow},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/krakow},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}