Meanings
proper nounthe Warsaw Uprising
- historicala major World War II operation, in the summer of 1944, by the Polish underground resistance, led by the Home Army, to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.
For Poles, the Warsaw Uprising is one of the several exceptionally painful tragedies that indelibly stamp Poland’s struggle for survival from its extinction from Europe’s political map in the Third Partition of 1795 to its independence in 1989.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 华沙起义
- 华沙起义millitary operation
Czech varšavské povstání
- varšavské povstánímillitary operation
Dutch Opstand van Warschau
- Opstand van Warschaumillitary operation
Finnish Varsovan kansannousu
- Varsovan kansannousumillitary operation
French insurrection de Varsovie
- insurrection de Varsoviemillitary operation
German Warschauer Aufstand
- Warschauer Aufstandmillitary operation
Greek εξέγερση της Βαρσοβίας
- εξέγερση της Βαρσοβίας (exégersi tis Varsovías)millitary operation
Hindi वारसॉ विद्रोह
- वारसॉ विद्रोह (vārsŏ vidroh)millitary operation
Hungarian varsói felkelés
- varsói felkelésmillitary operation
Japanese ワルシャワ蜂起
- ワルシャワ蜂起millitary operation
Polish powstanie warszawskie
- powstanie warszawskiemillitary operation
Portuguese Revolta de Varsóvia
- Revolta de Varsóviamillitary operation
Russian Варшавское восстание
- Варшавское восстание (Varšavskoje vosstanije)millitary operation
Swedish Warszawaupproret
- Warszawaupproretmillitary operation
Cite this entry
APA
Warsaw Uprising. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Warsaw%20Uprising
MLA
“Warsaw Uprising.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Warsaw%20Uprising. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Warsaw Uprising,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Warsaw%20Uprising.
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