Cracovian
English
Etymology
Formed as Latin Cracōvia (“Cracow”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “of or pertaining to”). Equivalent to the Latin Cracōviānus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹəˈkəʊvɪən/
Translations
of or from Cracow
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Noun
Cracovian (plural Cracovians)
- A person from Cracow.
- 1921, National Polish Committee of America, Geography and ethnography of Poland
- Being used to horses from their childhood, the Cracovians are excellent riders.
- 1921, National Polish Committee of America, Geography and ethnography of Poland
- (astronomy, geodesy) A clerical convenience in solving systems of linear equations by hand.
Translations
person from Kraków
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astronomy, geodesy: clerical convenience in solving systems of linear equations
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