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Granary Island
Granary Island ( pl, Wyspa Spichrzów, german: Speicherinsel, csb, Spichrze) is an island in the district (dzielnica) Śródmieście, Gdańsk, Śródmieście of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It is located east of the Main City. The island is enclosed by the Motława from the west and Nowa Motława, New Motława from the east. It is one of the two islands located on the Motława, alongside Ołowianka in the north. History The Motława river is the oldest part of the Port of Gdańsk, trade port. On the eastern bank Granary, granaries had been erected since the 14th century. The number was growing up to 300. The island was created when the New Motława was dugged out in 1576. In World War II, Second World War Most of the granaries on the northern part were demolished during Siege of Danzig (1945), siege of Danzig in March 1945. (Polish) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Language
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ... and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, Honorifics (linguistics), honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
