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Raków

UK/ˈɹækuːf/

Raków proper noun: a settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.

Proper noun

Raków

  1. A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.
  2. A gmina wiejska (rural commune) in Kielce County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland, with its seat in the village of the same name.

Origin of Raków

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Raków.

Questions about Raków

What does Raków mean?
Raków means a settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.
What part of speech is Raków?
Raków is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Raków?
Raków is pronounced /ˈɹækuːf/ (UK).

Words near Raków in the dictionary

  1. rakuware
  2. Rakvere
  3. raky
  4. rakyat
  5. rakyats
  6. Raków
  7. RAL
  8. Ralabate
  9. rale
  10. Raleigh
  11. Raleigh County

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