Category: GeographyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

geografia

/geografiya/Roman

English meaning: Geography

Polish Definition

(Polski)

Nauka badająca powierzchnię Ziemi, środowisko przyrodnicze i rozmieszczenie ludności.

English Definition

The study of Earth's physical features and human societies. Poland's geography is defined by the North European Plain — mostly flat terrain making it historically vulnerable to invasion from east and west. Key geographic features include the Baltic Sea coast, the Tatra Mountains (shared with Slovakia), the Vistula River (Poland's longest at 1,047 km), and the Oder River (forming the western border with Germany).

Example

Wisła — najdłuższa rzeka Polski — przepływa przez Kraków i Warszawę do Morza Bałtyckiego.

In English: The Vistula — Poland's longest river — flows through Krakow and Warsaw to the Baltic Sea.

Synonyms

  • topografia
  • krajoznawstwo

Literary Heritage

Polska jest krajem bez naturalnych granic — to jest i jej klątwa, i jej wolność.

Poland is a country without natural borders — that is both its curse and its freedom.

Czesław Miłosz · Poet / Essayist · 20th century

Rodzinna Europa

Rodzinna Europa (Native Realm), Ch. 3, 1959

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