Biłgoraj

Polish

Etymology

Earlier Biełgoraj, from biały (“white”) +‎ Goraj, the name of the nearby village from which the town's founders hailed. The first element became Bił- under the influence of Ukrainian (the town is located around 40 miles from the present-day border with Ukraine); compare Ukrainian бі́лий (bílyj, “white”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biwˈɡɔ.raj/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔraj
  • Syllabification: Bił‧go‧raj

Proper noun

Biłgoraj m inan

  1. Biłgoraj (a town in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension
Declension of Biłgoraj
singular
nominative Biłgoraj
genitive Biłgoraja
dative Biłgorajowi
accusative Biłgoraj
instrumental Biłgorajem
locative Biłgoraju
vocative Biłgoraju

Derived terms
adjective
nouns
  • biłgorajczyk
  • biłgorajka

References
  1. Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Biłgoraj”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 199

Further reading
  • Biłgoraj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Biłgoraj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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