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gmina

/ɡəˈmiːnə/

gmina noun: commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland.

Noun

gmina (plural gminas or gminy)

  1. commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland
    • Details of the growth rates of individual gminy are in Skorowidz gmin Rzeczypospolitej Polski, Statystyka Polski GSU, Series B, pt. 1, no. 8 (Warsaw, 1933), p. 61.1983, Edward D[avis] Wynot, Jr., “Notes to Chapter Three”, in Warsaw Between the World Wars: Profile of the Capital City in a Developing Land, 1918-1939 (East European Monographs; CXXIX), Boulder...
    • The current administration withdrew the legislative proposal to create powaits but maintained the decision of the previous administration to move forward on a powait pilot program. The pilot program is limited to the 46 gminy with populations of nine than 100,000, which together account for about...1994 December, “[[Public Sector Reform: Reducing the Size of the State] Decentralization of the Public Sector] Three Years of Decentralization”, in Poland: Policies for Growth with Equity (A World...

Forms of gmina

pluralgminas
pluralgminy

Origin of gmina

From Polish gmina, from Middle High German gemeine, gemeinde. Doublet of mean, common, and commune.

Words formed from gmina

Words that rhyme with gmina

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Questions about gmina

What does gmina mean?
Gmina means commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland.
What part of speech is gmina?
Gmina is a noun.
How do you pronounce gmina?
Gmina is pronounced /ɡəˈmiːnə/.
What is the plural of gmina?
The plural of gmina is gminas.

Words near gmina in the dictionary

  1. gmelinites
  2. GMF
  3. GMG
  4. GMGs
  5. gmi
  6. gmina
  7. gminas
  8. GMing
  9. gminy
  10. GML
  11. GMLRS

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