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Polska

(ˈpɔlska)

(Placename) the Polish name for Poland

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Po•land

(ˈpoʊ lənd)

n.

a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,608,929; ab. 120,628 sq. mi. (312,685 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska.

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Polska - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II

Poland, Republic of Poland

battle of Tannenberg, Tannenberg - a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians

Auschwitz - a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II

Preussen, Prussia - a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland; "in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states"

capital of Poland, Warsaw, Warszawa - the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland

Bromberg, Bydgoszcz - an industrial city and river port in northern Poland

Cracow, Krakau, Krakow - an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula

Czestochowa - a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims

Danzig, Gdansk - a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century

Katowice - an industrial city of southern Poland

Lodz - a large city of central Poland

Lublin - an industrial city of eastern Poland

Breslau, Wroclaw - a city in southwestern Poland on the Oder

Zabrze - an industrial city in southern Poland

Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Oder, Oder River - a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea

Vistula, Vistula River - a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea

Pole - a native or inhabitant of Poland

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London: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Poland will benefit from a PLN 255 million (EU60 million equivalent) loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Raiffeisen-Leasing Polska S.A.

EBRD provides PLN 255 million loan to Raiffeisen-Leasing Polska S.A

Polska's book highlights the importance of beauty and details the steps necessary to become a “perfect 10.” Polska states, “A 'perfect 10' beauty score is a combination of inner and outer beauty.”

Universal Power Publishing Releases New Book, Shows Women How to be a Perfect 10

Orange Polska, previously know as formerly known as Telekomunikacja Polska (TP), is Poland's biggest fix-line telecommunications operator.

Orange Poland to axe 1,700 jobs in 2013: official

On 19 December, the European Commission cleared the acquisition by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen AG of the exclusive importers and distributors of its passenger car and light commercial vehicle (LCV) brands in Poland (KPI Polska and Skoda Auto Polska), as well as two other Polish businesses providing financial and insurance services relating to these activities (Volkswagen Bank Polska and Volkswagen Leasing Polska).

VW CLEARED TO ACQUIRE ITS POLISH IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

Effective February 1, the UASC operations in Poland will be run under a new company that is fully owned by UASC and called "United Arab Shipping Agencies Company Poland (UASAC Polska)".

UASC expands its operations ?to Poland market

20 September 2010 - Danish hearing aid and headset group GN Store Nord A/S (CPH: GN) said today its subsidiary DPTG has not yet received its compensation of DKK2.9bn from Polish telecoms operator Telekomunikacja Polska SA (WAR: TPS) and will therefore start enforcement proceedings.

-DPTG to seek enforcement proceedings against Telekomunikacja Polska

July 22 2010 -- Dutch-based animal feed producer De Heus Group has today announced the acquisition of polish firm Evialis Polska.

Netherlands: De Heus Announces Polish Acquisition

Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (Polska) (PGE.WA), a Poland-based power group, has confirmed that it has filed an initial bid to acquire state-owned utility Energa.

Polska files initial bid to acquire Energa

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