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Warsaw¹

  • /ˈwɔːsɔː/ UK
  • /ˈwɔɹsɔ/ US
  • /ˈwɔɹsɑ/ US, cot caught merger
  • /ˈwɔɾsɔ/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)sɔː

Where it comes from

English Warsaw Ultimately from Old Polish Warszewa. Doublet of Warszawa.

proper noun Warsaws

  1. countable, uncountable The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship. Established by the Germans in October 1940, the Warsaw Ghetto was the largest Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Europe.

    Similar: Warszawa

  2. countable, metonymically, uncountable The Polish government.
  3. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable A home rule city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Benton County, Missouri, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, the village is the county seat.
  7. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A habitational surname.

warsaw²

Rhymes with -ɔː

Where it comes from

Probably a corruption of Spanish guasa or mero guasa (“Atlantic goliath grouper”), which may be from Old Tupi guaçu (“large”).

noun warsaws

  1. Any of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae BLACK GROUPER Mycteroperca bonaci […] They rank as fair food fish. Fishermen give them a variety of names: Warsaw grouper, gray grouper, jewfish, rockfish.
  2. The jewfish or guasa (Epinephelus itajara). Plate 165. THE JEW-FISH OR “WARSAW.” Promicrops guasa, Pooey. (P. 412)

    Similar: Atlantic goliath grouper, itajara

  3. A fish, the black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus). Shallow-water grouper include red Epinephelus morio; […] warsaw Epinephelus nigritus; speckled hind Epinephelus hammondhayi; and scamp (after the shallow-water quota is filled).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: prague, wroclaw, hamburg, poland, polish, lvov, pact, lwow, warszawa, warschau, varsovian, lodz, katowice, gorzów wielkopolski, kielce, warmian-masurian voivodeship

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name any of several localities in USA

中文沃索 Wòsuǒ
РусскийУорсо Uorso

name capital city of Poland

EspañolVarsovia
한국어바르샤바 Bareusyaba
日本語ワルシャワ Warushawa
中文華沙 /华沙 Huáshā
हिन्दीवारसॉ vārsŏ
PortuguêsVarsóvia
FrançaisVarsovie
DeutschWarschau
ItalianoVarsavia
ΕλληνικάΒαρσοβία Varsovía
RomânăVarșovia
РусскийВарша́ва Varšáva
Tiếng ViệtVác-sa-va
العربيةوَارْسُو warsō, فَرْصُوفِيَا farṣūfiyā, فَارْسُوفِيَا fārsūfiyā
עבריתוורשה \ וַרְשָׁה vársha

name metonym for Polish government

РусскийВаршава Varšava

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BibTeX
@misc{warsaw_2026,
  title = {warsaw},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/warsaw},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}