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Definition of krakow in German Turkish dictionary
- krakov
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Definition of krakow in English English dictionary
- {i} city in southern Poland which was the capital of Poland from 1305 to 1595 (also Cracow); town in Wisconsin (USA)
- Alternative spelling of Cracow
- an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
- Kraków
- Alternative spelling (the official Polish spelling) of Cracow
- Kraków
- or Cracow City (pop., 2000 est.: 741,510), southern Poland. Located on both sides of the upper Vistula River, it was the capital of a principality in 1138. After surviving a Mongol invasion in 1241, it was made the capital of a reunited Poland in 1320. Its importance diminished after the capital was moved to Warsaw in 1609. In 1846 it came under Austrian rule. Returned to Poland in 1918, it was held by Germany during World War II. Rebuilt since the war, it is an industrial centre with a giant steelworks on the city's outskirts. Kraków is also a cultural centre. Its university was founded in 1364
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/ˈkrakou/ /ˈkrækaʊ/
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