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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KATOWICE

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PRONUNCIATION OF KATOWICE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KATOWICE

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Katowice is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KATOWICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Katowice

Katowice

Katowice /ˌkætəˈviːtsə/ (Polish: ( listen); German: Kattowitz, Silesian: Katowicy, officially Miasto Katowice City of Katowice ) is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of the Oder and the Vistula respectively). It is in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km (31 mi) north of the Silesian Beskids (part of the Carpathian Mountains) and about 100 km (62 mi) southeast of the Sudetes Mountains. It is the central district of the Silesian Metropolis, a territorial entity operating on the principle of metropolitan municipality, with a population of 2 million. Katowice is the center of science, culture, industry, business, trade fair/exhibitions and transportation in the Upper Silesia region and southern Poland. It is the main city in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. Katowice lies within an urban zone, with a population of 2,746,460 according to Eurostat, and also part of the wider Silesian metropolitan area, with a population of 5,294,000 according to the European Spatial Planning Observation Network. Today, Katowice is a rapidly growing city and emerging metropolis.

Definition of Katowice in the English dictionary

The definition of Katowice in the dictionary is an industrial city in S Poland. Pop: 2 914 000 Former name : Stalinogrod.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KATOWICE

Katharevousa
Katharevusa
Katharine
katharometer
Katherine
Kathiawar
Kathleen
Kathmandu
katipo
Katla
Katmai
Katmai National Monument
Katmandu
katorga
Katrine
Katsina
katsura
Kattegat
katydid
Katz

WORDS THAT END LIKE KATOWICE

advice
Alice
at a price
at any price
chief of police
choice
customer service
device
dice
Gliwice
ice
justice
malice
nice
notice
office
once or twice
police
think twice
twice

Synonyms and antonyms of Katowice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Katowice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KATOWICE

Find out the translation of Katowice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Katowice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Katowice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卡托维兹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Katowice
570 millions of speakers

English

Katowice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Katowice
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كاتوفيتشي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Катовице
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Katowice
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাতোআইস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Katowice
220 millions of speakers

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Katowice
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Translator English - German

Katowice
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カトヴィツェ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카토 비체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katowice
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Katowice
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெட்வைஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केटोवाइस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Katowice
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Katowice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Katowice
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Катовіце
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Katowice
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Κατοβίτσε
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Katowice
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Katowice
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Katowice
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Katowice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KATOWICE»

The term «Katowice» is very widely used and occupies the 13.196 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KATOWICE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Katowice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KATOWICE»

Discover the use of Katowice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Katowice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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katowice in your pocket
In addition to the network of trams and buses available it is also possible to travel between the cities of the Katowice conglommeration by local SKM train. Starting at 03:49 and running until 23:45 trains run 3 to 4 times per hour from plat- forms ...
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The Formation of a Modern Labor Force, Upper Silesia, 1865-1914
Cf. also the biographies of hundreds of applicants for supervisory positions with the Hohenlohe firm, WAP Katowice, Ho- henlohe 1989-2582. 7 Total population: Preussische Statistik 234:62-72. The number of Poles includes about 87,000 ...
Lawrence Schofer, 1975
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Sustainable Cities Programme, 1990-2000: A Decade of United ...
The Katowice Agglomeration is the heart of the largest and historically most important industrial region of Central Europe, and is dominated physically and economically by its massive complex of coal mines, metallurgic and chemical industries ...
Sustainable Cities Programme, 2002
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Frommer's Poland
The bus drops you at Katowice's train station (some buses include a stop at the Novotel hotel; ask the driver). Catch the bus here for getting to the airport, as well. The second option, a taxi, costs around 120 zł to destinations in the center, but ...
Mark Baker, Kit F. Chung, 2011
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World and Its Peoples
Katowice is a major regional transportation hub The numerous mills that still stand in the city serve. The Katowice metropolitan area, known as the Silesian Metropolitan Union area, includes not only the city of Katowice but also a number of ...
‎2010
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Region State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe
Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski. Euroscola po polsku (1999), Gazeta Wyborcza Katowice, 12 June, p.4. F inał 2000 (2000), Gazeta Wyborcza Katowice, 12 June, pp.1—9. Godka, choby w doma (1999), Gazeta Wyborcza Katowice, 13 December, ...
Judy Batt, Kataryna Wolczuk, 2013
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New Scientist
Lloyd Timberlake In Poland's Katowice region, the nation's industrial heartland and source of most of its coal and steel, the sulphuric and nitric acids which fall with each rain have so corroded the railway tracks that trains are not allowed to go ...
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Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects in the Dynamic ...
185 4.58 Development of production capacity in Huta Katowice (1985-1992) . 187 4.59 Development of the number of employees in Huta Katowice (1985-1992 ) 187 4.60 The production of Huta tabedy (I) (1988-1997) 189 4.61 The production ...
‎2003
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Katowice
Katowice has been the capital of Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously, it was the capital of the Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2009
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Environment and Health in Central and Eastern Europe: A ...
Table 3.2 Allotment gardens near point sources of metals, Poland Table 3.3 Daily metal intake from food in Polish adolescents, 1983 (micrograms per cubic meter) Table 3.4 Soil lead levels in three contaminated areas in Katowice Mean 6449 ...
Clyde Hertzman, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KATOWICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Katowice is used in the context of the following news items.
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Errani Outlasts Niculescu In Bucharest - News | WTA Tennis English
... earlier this year, falling to Errani in the Rio de Janeiro final but two months later winning the first WTA title of her career in Katowice, Poland. «WTA Tennis, Jul 15»
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Ram to play in Hall of Fame finals - Winston-Salem Journal: Tennis
Schmiedlova finally broke through for her first in April, at Katowice, Poland. Schmiedlova beat unseeded Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-4, 6-3 in ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
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Retail market - big agglomerations on the rise
“Retail markets in several largest agglomerations - primarily in Wrocław and Poznań, but also in Łódź, Tri-City, Katowice and Warsaw are preparing for delivery ... «Property Magazine International, Jul 15»
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Police appeal for help in finding radioactive Iridium
Photo: Katowice Police. A worker at a heating plant in the city of Zabrze allegedly accidentally left the container behind while carrying out ... «thenews.pl, Jul 15»
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Pro-gamer admits to doping in eSports
Friesen had been competing at the ESL One Katowice event in Poland in March, which had a prize pool of $250,000 (£160,000). Friesen, who ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Crisis-hit Polish miner KW says needs investors by end-Aug
KATOWICE, Poland, July 16 (Reuters) - Kompania Weglowa (KW), the European Union's biggest coal miner which is on the brink of bankruptcy ... «Reuters Africa, Jul 15»
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More than 300 Poles taken ill after designer drug use
More than 214 people were hospitalised in southern Poland because of the synthetic stimulants, most of them in the city of Katowice, regional ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
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Trouble in Paradise for TSM
Coming off their 3rd LCS title and winning IEM 9 in Katowice, TSM was hailed as one of the brightest lights the west had to match up to the ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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Football: Imrie finds net to wrap up victory for Scotland
... Imrie fired the game-winner as Scotland defied the form book to claim a 2-1 victory over high-flying Poland in a challenge match in Katowice. «The National, Jul 15»
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Pro CS: GO Player Claims He and His Team Took Adderall During …
Since the tournament in Katowice, Friesen was removed from the Cloud9 CS: GO team roster along with fellow teammate Shahzeb “ShahZaM” ... «Gameranx, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Katowice [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/katowice>. Apr 2024 ».
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