Etymology

Wrocław

Today it means: The capital and largest city of Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Silesia, in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.) Full definition →

Polish Wrocław
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Polish · borrowed fromWrocław
  2. English todayWrocław

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wrocław. Doublet of Breslau.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.