Warsaw

Ultimately from Old Polish Warszewa. Doublet of Warszawa. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When first attested? Through German?”)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːsɔː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹsɑ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː

Warsaw (countable and uncountable, plural Warsaws)

2. The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.

   Synonym: Warszawa

3. (metonymic) The Polish government.
4. A city, the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States.
5. A home rule city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Missouri, United States.
7. A village, the county seat of Wyoming County, New York, United States.
8. A town, the county seat of Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
9. A habitational surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Warsaw is the 38050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 583 individuals. Warsaw is most common among White (81.3%) and Black/African American (14.75%) individuals.

• Varsovian

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warsaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.