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Raków

//ˈra.kuf//
Polishname

Definitions

  1. 1.
    one of several villages in Poland
  2. 2.
    a Polish commune (gmina) near Kielce
  3. 3.
    a district (dzielnica) of Częstochowa
  4. 4.
    a neighbourhood (osiedle) of Warsaw, in the district of Włochy
  5. 5.
    Polish name of Ракаў (Rakaw), an agro-town in Belarus

Etymology

In most cases rak (“crayfish”) + -ów. The name of the most notable village and its namesake commune (sense #2), in Kielce County, comes from Warnia, a Polish coat of arms depicting a crayfish, adopted by the founder of the town Jan Sienieński from his wife Jadwiga Gnoińska. (See the Wikipedia article Polish heraldry for further explanation.)

Nominative
Singular
Raków
Plural
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Genitive
Singular
Rakowa
Plural
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Dative
Singular
Rakowowi
Plural
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Accusative
Singular
Raków
Plural
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Instrumental
Singular
Rakowem
Plural
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Locative
Singular
Rakowie
Plural
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Vocative
Singular
Rakowie
Plural
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