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noun
The second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Indo-European *h2pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Slavic *po- Proto-Indo-European *weyt-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitas Proto-Slavic *větъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *větiti Proto-Slavic *povětitideverb. Proto-Slavic *povětъ Old Polish powiat Polish powiatbor. English powiat Borrowed from Polish powiat.
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