Young Poland

proper noun

The modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalThe modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.

    Yet the turn-of-the-century Young Poland writers and artists in Kraków took an even deeper interest in peasants.

    2014, Patrice M. Dabrowski, Poland: The First Thousand Years, Cornell University Press, page 367

Origin

  1. PolishMłoda Polska
  2. EnglishYoung Poland

Calque of Polish Młoda Polska.

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Translations

Czech Mladé Polsko
  • Mladé Polskomodernist movement in Poland
French Jeune Pologne
  • Jeune Polognemodernist movement in Poland
German Junges Polen
  • Junges Polenmodernist movement in Poland
Greek Νέα Πολωνία
  • Νέα Πολωνία (Néa Polonía)modernist movement in Poland
Polish Młoda Polska
  • Młoda Polskamodernist movement in Poland
Russian Молода́я По́льша
  • Молода́я По́льша (Molodája Pólʹša)modernist movement in Poland
Slovak Mladé Poľsko
  • Mladé Poľskomodernist movement in Poland
Spanish Joven Polonia
  • Joven Poloniamodernist movement in Poland
Cite this entry
APA

Young Poland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Young%20Poland

MLA

“Young Poland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Young%20Poland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Young Poland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Young%20Poland.

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