Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of north-central Poland northeast of Poznań. Chartered in 1346, it developed during the Middle Ages around the site of a prehistoric fort.
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- proper noun A city in
Poland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
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Examples
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This month, at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Hasay was fourth in the 1,500.
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New speakers are not helped by the Polish aversion to vowels as anyone who has tried to ask directions to Bydgoszcz will agree.
Ben Colclough: Learning The Lingo: The 5 Hardest Languages To Master Ben Colclough 2011
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Arkadiusz Wojtasiewicz/Agencja Gazeta/Reuters A wreck on an icy road near the city of Bydgoszcz, Poland, Wednesday left the cab of this truck high and dry.
Snow Falls on Europe 2010
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She was required to work in the leadership in Warsaw and six months later was sent to establish groups of youth who studied and worked in Bydgoszcz, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Starczewice.
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• In Bydgoszcz, Poland, lone American participant Jamie Beyer won the shot put at 19.92 meters.
USATODAY.com - Marion Jones turns back time, wins Athlete of the Week honors 2006
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Ryanair flies nonstop to Bydgoszcz, Poland, from England, Ireland and Germany.
The New Old Country 2008
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Local transportation union leaders in Bydgoszcz led a strike and subsequently bargained for a 63 percent wage increase.
1988, Jan. 30 2001
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I think we take a little longer and go west to Bydgoszcz.
Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991
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They traveled on to Bydgoszcz, past fields of yellow lupine blow - ing distractedly in the intermittent breezes.
Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991
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Every man in the scene wears a black hood, or an animal mask ... back at Bydgoszcz it became an amusing party game to speculate on who the child's father was.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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