warsaw

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English - Turkish
varşova
(isim) Varşova
{i} Varşova

Polonya'nın başkenti Varşova'dır. - The capital of Poland is Warsaw.

Benim kentim Varşova'da hava soğuk. - It's cold in my city, Warsaw.

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warsaw ghetto
Varşova Gettosu
warsaw ghetto uprising
Varşova Gettosu Ayaklanması
warsaw, capital of poland
Varşova, Polonya başkenti
English - English
{i} capital of Poland
the capital city of Poland, on the River Vistula. Much of the city was destroyed in World War II, but many of the old buildings were rebuilt after the war. City (pop., 2001 est.: 1,610,471), capital of Poland, on the Vistula River. Founded 1300, it flourished as a trade centre, came under Polish control in 1526, and became the capital in 1596. During the late 18th century it expanded rapidly, but it was destroyed in 1794 by the Russians. In 1807 it was made the capital of the Duchy of Warsaw by Napoleon. Taken by the Russians in 1813, it was the centre of Polish insurrections in 1830-31 and 1860. It was occupied by the Germans in World War I and again in World War II, when its large Jewish population revolted in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943). The Warsaw Uprising in 1944 was unsuccessful, and the Germans virtually destroyed the city. Modern Warsaw, rebuilt after the war, now houses government bodies, including the Sejm (parliament); it is also an industrial and educational centre. Among its historic buildings are a 14th-century Gothic cathedral and a medieval castle. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Pact Warsaw Treaty Organization Warsaw Uprising Warsaw Duchy of Grand Duchy of Warsaw
The capital of Poland
The jewfish; called also guasa
The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States
the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland

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Warsaw Convention
An international treaty (full title: Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929) signed in Warsaw in 1929, covering international air travel, including such topics as ticketing, cargo and liability
Warsaw Pact
A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe

The Warsaw Pact formalized Moscow's dominance in Europe's east.

Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization which was established by the above treaty, a strategic alliance comparable and opposed to NATO
Warsaw Treaty Organization
The strategic alliance of Communist countries (the Soviet Union and its European allies GDR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and until the 1960s break-up with Moskow Albania) established by the Warshaw Pact (treaty on May 14, 1955)

The Warsaw Treaty Organization claimed it needed to balance the 'threat' posed by NATO, thus justifying the Cold War arms race.

Warsaw Ghetto
an area in the city of Warsaw in which almost half a million Jews were forced by the Nazis to live together during World War II, before they were taken to concentration camps, where most of them died
Warsaw Ghetto
ghetto established by the Nazis in order to house Jews before their deportation to death camps (during World War II)
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
(April 19-May 16, 1943) Revolt by Polish Jews under Nazi occupation against deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp. By July 1942 the Nazis had herded 500,000 Jews from surrounding areas into the ghetto in Warsaw. Though starvation killed thousands each month, the Nazis began transferring more than 5,000 Jews a day to rural "labour camps." When word reached the ghetto in early 1943 that the destination was actually the gas chambers at Treblinka, the newly formed Jewish Fighting Organization (OB) attacked the Nazis, killing 50 in four days of street fighting and causing the deportations to halt. On April 19 Heinrich Himmler sent 2,000 SS men and army troops to clear the ghetto of its remaining Jews. For four weeks the OB and guerrillas fought with pistols and homemade bombs, destroying tanks and killing several hundred Nazis, until their ammunition ran out. Not until May 8 did the Nazis manage to take the OB headquarters bunker. Many of the surviving OB fighters took their own lives to avoid being captured. The battle raged until May 16, when the SS chief declared "The Warsaw Ghetto is no more." During the 28 days of the uprising, more than 40,000 Jews were either killed or deported
Warsaw Pact
a group of countries in eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the former Soviet Union, which was established in 1955 to oppose NATO during the Cold War.The Warsaw Pact ended in 1991 when most of the Communist governments of eastern Europe lost power. or Warsaw Treaty Organization Military alliance of the Soviet Union, Albania (until 1968), Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, formed in 1955 in response to West Germany's entry into NATO. Its terms included a unified military command and the stationing of Soviet troops in the other member states. Warsaw Pact troops were called into action to suppress uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968). The alliance was dissolved in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and Soviet troops departed. Several Warsaw Pact members later joined NATO
Warsaw Uprising
(August-October 1944) Insurrection in Warsaw in World War II that failed to prevent the pro-Soviet Polish administration from gaining control of Poland. In July 1944, as Soviet troops approached Warsaw, the Polish underground was encouraged to stage an uprising against the Germans. Though wary of Soviet promises of self-government, the Polish home army of 50,000 troops attacked the weakened German force and gained control of most of Warsaw in four days. German reinforcements then bombarded the city with air and artillery attacks for 63 days. The approaching Red Army halted, and the Soviets refused to allow aid from the Allies to the beleaguered Poles, who were forced to surrender when their supplies ran out in October; the Germans then deported the rest of the city's population and destroyed most of the city itself. During the fighting, some 300,000 Poles died. By allowing the Polish home army to be eliminated, the Soviets diminished potential resistance to their establishing political domination of Poland in 1945
Duchy of Warsaw
or Grand Duchy of Warsaw Independent Polish state (1807-15), created by Napoleon. Established by the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807 after the Poles had helped Napoleon defeat Prussia, it consisted originally of the major portion of the central Polish provinces that Prussia had taken in the 1790s. For Napoleon's second war against Russia (1812), the Duchy of Warsaw supplied nearly 98,000 men, but Napoleon's defeat in Russia also sealed the fortunes of the duchy. In 1813 the Russians assumed control of it. Later the Congress of Vienna divided it into three parts: the Grand Duchy of Pozna; the free Republic of Kraków; and the Congress Kingdom of Poland, which was joined to Russia by making the Russian emperor its king
the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto
Jewish anti-Nazi rebellion in the Polish ghetto of Warsaw in 1943
warsaw

    Hyphenation

    War·saw

    Turkish pronunciation

    wôrsô

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwôrˌsô/ /ˈwɔːrˌsɔː/

    Etymology

    [ 'wor-(")so- ] (noun.) 1949. warsaw modification of American Spanish guasa.
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