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The Warsaw subdialect (Polish: gwara warszawska [ˈɡvara varˈʂafska]), or Warsaw dialect (Polish: dialekt warszawski), is a regional subdialect of the Masovian dialect of the Polish language, centered on the city of Warsaw. It evolved as late as the 18th century, under notable influence of several languages spoken in the city.
Polish is the native language of most Poles. It is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group and the sole official language in the Republic of Poland. Its written form uses the Polish alphabet , which is the basic Latin alphabet with the addition of six diacritic marks , totalling 32 letters.
Jan Nagórski, first man to fly over the North Pole; Antoni Patek, ... Jan Dekert, merchant, mayor of Warsaw (1789–1791) Isaac Deutscher (1907–1967), ...
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Beatification of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The following is a list of Roman Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God and candidates for sainthood who are considered to be "Polish", although not all of these saints are native-born Poles.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Construction work on a flagship new square in Warsaw has captured a glimpse of the Polish capital's past when builders uncovered the remains of long-lost streets buried underground.
Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), painter, born in Warsaw; Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), composer and conductor, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the University of Warsaw; Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Russian and Soviet poet, born in Warsaw; Domenico Merlini (1730–1797), Italian-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
A native or resident of Warsaw is known as a Varsovian – in Polish warszawiak, warszawianin (male), warszawianka (female), warszawiacy, and warszawianie (plural). For the name of Warsaw in various languages, see wikt:Warsaw .