Poland
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Poland
- /ˈpəʊ.lənd/ UK
- /ˈpoɫ.ənd/ US
- /ˈpoʊ.lənd/ US
Where it comes from
1560s. From Pole + land, a phono-semantic matching of German Polen (“Poland”), from Old Polish Polanie (“Poles”, literally “field dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *poľane, plural of *poľaninъ (“field dweller”), from *poľe (“field”) + *-ěninъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”).
proper noun Poleland
- A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw. After leaving the Soviet Union, we made a brief visit to one of the captive nations — Poland.[...]A quarter of a million people turned out that Sunday. Despite the presence of Soviet troops, and the fact that they share a common border with the Soviet Union, on that Sunday the people of Poland demon
- An unincorporated community in Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana.
- A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
- A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
- A village in Herkimer County, New York.
- A village and township in Mahoning County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Eaton, Brown County, Wisconsin.
- A village on Kiritimati, Kiribati, named after the home country of a plantation manager. The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: polska, slovakia, lithuania, estonia, romania, hungary, finland, norway, netherlands, bologna, portugal, polish, polack, venezuela, warsaw, philippines
Translations
Every language
name European country
| Español | Polonia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 폴란드 Pollandeu |
| 日本語 | ポーランド Pōrando |
| 中文 | 波蘭 /波兰 Bōlán |
| हिन्दी | पोलैंड polaiṇḍ, लहिस्तान lahistān |
| Kiswahili | Polandi, Upoli |
| Français | Pologne |
| Deutsch | Polen |
| Italiano | Polonia |
| Ελληνικά | Πολωνία Polonía |
| Română | Polonia, Lehia |
| Русский | По́льша Pólʹša |
| Tiếng Việt | Ba Lan |
| العربية | بُولَنْدَا būlandā, بُولُونِيَا būlūniyā |
| עברית | פּוֹלִין polín, פּוֹלַנְיָה polánya |
Talk about this word "Poland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/poland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Poland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/poland "Poland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/poland.Cite this
@misc{poland_2026,
title = {Poland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poland},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
