Warsaw Meaning
/ˈwɔːsɔː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae
nameThe capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
Sentence Examples
The ambassador was recalled from Warsaw.
The capital of Poland is Warsaw.
Warsaw is beautiful at this time of year.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The capital of Poland, ____, is a city with a rich history.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the capital city of Poland, a very beautiful place that is rich in history and local culture today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Old Polish Warcisław Old Polish -sz Old Polish Warsz Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Old Polish *warszewy Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь Old Polish wieś Old Polish *warszewa wieśellip. Old Polish Warszewa Polish Warszawabor. English Warsaw Ultimately from Old Polish Warszewa. Doublet of Warszawa.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"BLACK GROUPER Mycteroperca bonaci […] They rank as fair food fish. Fishermen give them a variety of names: Warsaw grouper, gray grouper, jewfish, rockfish."
— 1965, Melville Bell Grosvenor, Leonard J Grant, Leonard Peter Schultz, Wondrous World of Fishes, page 118:
"In the Gulf of Mexico handlines are also an important gear for the offshore subtropical bank fishes, accounting for 12,847,000 pounds of various snappers, 6,928,000 pounds of groupers, and 538,000 pounds of jewfish, warsaw, and grunts."
— 1975, George A. Rounsefell, Ecology, Utilization, and Management of Marine Fisheries, page 144:
"Plate 165. THE JEW-FISH OR “WARSAW.” Promicrops guasa, Pooey. (P. 412)"
— [1884, G. Brown Goode, The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States, page 365:
"Although the red grouper is indeed a large fish compared to most, often weighing forty pounds, it is almost a pigmy compared with a related fish of this family, the jew-fish, guasa, or Warsaw (Promicrops itaira). This fish is yellowish or olivaceous, sprinkled with numerous brown spots."
— 1888, J.S. [John Sterling] Kingsley, The Riverside Natural History, page 224:
"In the Atlantic (south) we have an allied form, the gansa or warsaw (Promicrops itaira), that attains a weight of over six hundred pounds."
— 1889 October 26, C.F. Holder, “The hard-scaled bass of the Pacific”, in Scientific American, page 265:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The capital of Poland, ____, is a city with a rich history.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the capital city of Poland, a very beautiful place that is rich in history and local culture today.