Królewiec

Polish

Etymology

From król +‎ -ewiec. Calque of German Königsberg (literally “King's Hill”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian Кролеве́ць (Krolevécʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruˈlɛ.vjɛt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvjɛt͡s
• Syllabification: Kró‧le‧wiec

Proper noun

Królewiec m inan (related adjective królewiecki)

1. Kaliningrad, Königsberg (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)

   Synonym: Kaliningrad

3. Krolevets (a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)

Usage notes

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Polish, Czech and Slovak internet users increasingly started referring to Kaliningrad as Królewiec/Královec, mostly jokingly - as part of the Královec Region meme. On May 9th, 2023, the Polish Commission for Standardization of Geographic Names recommended use of the historical Polish name "Królewiec" over Russian "Kaliningrad".

Declension

Declension of Królewiec

	singular
nominative	Królewiec
genitive	Królewca
dative	Królewcowi
accusative	Królewiec
instrumental	Królewcem
locative	Królewcu
vocative	Królewcu

Further reading

• Królewiec in Polish dictionaries at PWN