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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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".[1]

Declension

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

References

  1. ^ Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (9 May 2023) “125. posiedzenie Komisji Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami RP”, in gov.pl‎[1], archived from the original on 9 May 2023

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