Given name & surname · also German
Poland
“field dwellers”
Poland is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Poland goes back to a word meaning “field dwellers.”
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Where it comes from
Poland comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From German Pole, from Proto-Slavic *poľaninъ, built from English Pole + land.
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Poland’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Poland has a short form in 波.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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Papik
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