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Wroclavian

Wroclavian adjective: of, from or relating to Wrocław.

Adjective

Wroclavian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to Wrocław.

Noun

Wroclavian (plural Wroclavians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Wrocław.
    • When the offensive of the 1st Ukrainian Front of the Soviet Army began in January 1945, Wrocław’s Gauleiter K. Hahnke ordered the evacuation of nearly 700,000 civilians, mainly old men, women and children, as being of no use for the defence of the town. 200,000 Wroclavians were permitted to stay...1993, Janusz Czerwiński, translated by Olga Słuckin, “Town History”, in Wrocław: The Silesian Metropolis on the Odra (Euro Tour), Berlin: RV Reise- und Verkehrsverlag, →ISBN, page 30
    • The poor knowledge of the pre-war history of the city was confirmed in the research conducted by Jacek Pluta, who studied collective memory as an element of the identity of the citizens of Wrocław. Pluta (2006) concludes that Wroclavians do not have extensive memory of the past and the latest...2022, Bo Larsson, “Selected Results of Surveys and Interviews […]”, in Bo Larsson, editor, The City as a Political Pawn: Urban Identities in Chișinău, C̆ernivci, Lviv and Wrocław (Histories of...

Examples of Wroclavian in a sentence

  • Pluta (2006) concludes that Wroclavians do not have extensive memory of the past and the latest events are remembered best.2022, Bo Larsson, “Selected Results of Surveys and Interviews […]”, in Bo Larsson, editor, The City as a Political Pawn: Urban Identities...
  • Many Wroclavians thus felt a special connection to the global youth culture.2022, Malgorzata Fidelis, “The Counterculture: Hippies, Artists, and Other Subversives”, in Imagining the World from Behind the Iron...

Forms of Wroclavian

pluralWroclavians

Origin of Wroclavian

From Wroclaw + -ian.

Questions about Wroclavian

What does Wroclavian mean?
Wroclavian means of, from or relating to Wrocław.
How do you use Wroclavian in a sentence?
Pluta (2006) concludes that Wroclavians do not have extensive memory of the past and the latest events are remembered best.
What part of speech is Wroclavian?
Wroclavian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Wroclavian in the dictionary

  1. Wrobleskis
  2. Wroblewski
  3. Wroblewskis
  4. wrock
  5. Wrockwardine
  6. Wroclavian
  7. Wroclavians
  8. Wroclaw
  9. Wrocław
  10. Wroe
  11. Wroes

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