Poland
- Greater Poland - from the tribe of Polans or from the word "pole" (field) meaning "country of fields" - "Greater" distinguishes it from the whole Polish state
- Kuyavia - "covered by sand dunes"
- Lesser Poland - in contrast with Greater Poland
- Lubusz Land - from the town of Lubusz
- Masovia - "boggy"
- Masuria - from the Masovians, who settled Masuria
- Podlaskie, "by Lachs", i.e., "by Poles"
- Polesie - "covered by forests"
- Pomerania - "along the sea"
- Silesia - from the holy Silesian mountain of Ślęża
- Subcarpathia - "at the foot of the Carpathians"
- Warmia - from the Old Prussian tribe of Varms
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Famous quotes containing the word poland:
“It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is pathology in its purest state.”
—Bronislaw Geremek (b. 1932)