Cracow

[ krak-ou, krah-kou, krey-koh ]

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noun

a city in S Poland, on the Vistula: the capital of Poland 1320–1609.

Cracow

/ ˈkrækaʊ; -ɒf; -əʊ /

noun

an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Vistula: former capital of the country (1320–1609); university (1364). Pop: 822 000 (2005 est) Polish nameKraków German nameKrakau

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Poland’s picturesque student cities of Cracow and Wroclaw are now on the international radar, the newest hot spots among foreign students, even those who hate beets.

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Women in big cities like Cracow or Warsaw do not have these problems.

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In 1942 Cracow’s Archbishop Adam Sapieha pleaded with the Vatican not to broadcast accounts of German atrocities since it would only make things harder for his people.

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“Polish sausage is going for peanuts in Cracow,” Milo informed him.

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The guards whispered that a Rembrandt was in there, and pieces of a famous altarpiece from Cracow.

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cracovienne -cracy

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