Bydgoszcz


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Byd·goszcz

 (bĭd′gôsh, -gôshch)
A city of north-central Poland northeast of Poznań. Chartered in 1346, it developed during the Middle Ages around the site of a prehistoric fort.
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Bydgoszcz

(Polish ˈbidɡɔʃtʃ)
n
(Placename) an industrial city and port in N Poland: under Prussian rule from 1772 to 1919. Pop: 579 000 (2005 est). German name: Bromberg
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Byd•goszcz

(ˈbɪd gɔʃtʃ)

n.
a city in N Poland. 380,000.
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Noun1.Bydgoszcz - an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
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Bromberg
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