Królewiec
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From król + -ewiec. Calque of German Königsberg (literally “King's Hill”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Królewiec m inan (related adjective królewiecki)
- Kaliningrad, Königsberg (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
- Synonym: Kaliningrad
- Krolevets (a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)
Usage notes edit
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".[1]
Declension edit
Declension of Królewiec
singular | |
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nominative | Królewiec |
genitive | Królewca |
dative | Królewcowi |
accusative | Królewiec |
instrumental | Królewcem |
locative | Królewcu |
vocative | Królewcu |
References edit
- ^ Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (2023 May 9) “125. posiedzenie Komisji Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami RP”, in gov.pl[1], archived from the original on 9 May 2023
Further reading edit
- Królewiec in Polish dictionaries at PWN