§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. Middle Polish (Polish: język średniopolski) is the period in the history of the Polish language between the 16th and 18th...
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consonants. Contemporary Polish developed in the 1700s as the successor to the medieval Old Polish (10th–16th centuries) and Middle Polish (16th–18th centuries)...
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the 16th centuries. It was followed by the Middle Polish language. The sources for the study of the Old Polish language are the data of the comparative-historical...
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Consequently, Polish spelling in the Middle Ages was highly inconsistent as writers struggled to adapt the Latin alphabet to the needs of the Polish language...
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the language, often Old Polish or Middle Polish, namely the development of the so-called "pitched" or "slanted" vowels (Polish samogłoski pochylone). Four...
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The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey...
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Russian in the mid-1860s. A middle stage for the transition was the use of the Russian-style Cyrillic for writing Polish. Source: Example of text: The...
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development: Old Polish, up to the start of the 16th century; Middle Polish, from the 16th century until the end of the 18th century; New Polish, up to 1930;...
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In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. It is the second...
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a female name that can be used also as a middle (second) name for males. Since the High Middle Ages, Polish-sounding surnames ending with the masculine...
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mead as a basic drink was typical of Middle Ages Polish cuisine.[citation needed] During the Middle Ages Polish cuisine was heavy and spicy. Two main...
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colorants comprise most shoe polishes. Shoe polishes that would be recognizable today have been around since the Middle Ages. Originally made with dubbin, they...
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various systems used throughout history by the Polish Army. Some of the grades trace their name back to the Middle Ages, for instance the rank of chorąży literally...
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a federative real union of the Kingdom...
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Lipka Tatars (redirect from Polish Tatars)
successively more and more polonized. The upper and middle classes in particular adopted Polish language and customs (although they kept Islam as their...
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The Polish–Soviet War (14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist...
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Two-finger salute (redirect from Polish two-fingered salute)
the Polish eagle (such as military hat rogatywka) or without this emblem (such as Boonie hat or helmet). The salute is performed with the middle and index...
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of Scilly, of the English coast Szczecin-Srodmiescie, Poland ("Middle Town" in Polish) Middletown (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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The Polish hussars (/həˈzɑːrs/; Polish: husaria [xuˈsarja]), alternatively known as the winged hussars, were a heavy cavalry formation active in Poland...
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Polish military units that had escaped the occupation fought under their own commanders as part of Allied forces in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East...
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The Polish–Lithuanian union was a relationship created by a series of acts and alliances between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy...
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The Polish Armed Forces in the West (Polish: Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Zachodzie) refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the...
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Correspondence between the Ottoman sultan and the Cossacks (section Vienna 1683 (German and Polish))
is not certain whether the original text was written in Middle Polish or (less likely) Middle Ukrainian, but the Russian ("Muscovite") versions are almost...
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ranged from 1st Year to 4th Year. Following a 2017 education reform the Polish middle school called gimnazjum was disbanded. After eight years of mandatory...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish September Campaign 1939)
of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939)...
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Flag of Poland (redirect from Polish flag)
are defined in the Polish constitution as the national colours. A variant of the flag with the national coat of arms in the middle of the white fess is...
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A variety of Polish flags are defined in current Polish national law, either through an act of parliament or a ministerial ordinance. Apart from the national...
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(Polish: Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, pronounced [ˈɕiwɨ ˈzbrɔjnɛ ʐɛt͡ʂpɔsˈpɔlitɛj ˈpɔlskʲɛj]; abbreviated SZ RP), also called the Polish Armed...
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History of the Jews in Poland (redirect from Polish Jew)
they formed the middle class in a country where the general population consisted of landlords (developing into szlachta, the unique Polish nobility) and...
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Czupryna (redirect from Polish halfshaven head)
the 18th century. Some of the earliest mentions of the "Polish halfshaven head" from the Middle Ages were written by an anonymous Franciscan in 1308, Wincenty...
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