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  2. Murzyn - Wikipedia

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    Murzyn (Polish pronunciation:) is a common Polish word, for a Black person of Sub-Saharan African descent, cognate with the English word "Moor". Since the 21st century, some Black people residing in Poland consider it offensive. [1]

  3. Dialects of Polish - Wikipedia

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    In terms of the most important, dialect groups are usually divided based on the presence of masuration (present in Masovian and Lesser Polish dialects) and voicing of word-final consonants before vowels and liquids in the next word or sometimes the personal verb clitics -m, -ś, -śmy, -ście as in byliśmy (e.g. jak jestem may be realized as ...

  4. Polish profanity - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈt͡ɕɛmnɔ ˈjak v dupʲɛ u muʐɨna] Very dark. Literally "as dark as the inside of a black person's ass" Skośny Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈskɔɕnɨ] An offensive term for an Asian person. In a non-vulgar context: diagonal. Żółtek Pronunciation: IPA: An offensive term for an Asian person, literally "yellowie".

  5. Polish orthography - Wikipedia

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    The pronunciation of the sequence wja (in wjazd) is the same as the pronunciation of wia (in wiadro "bucket"). The ending -ii which appears in the inflected forms of some nouns of foreign origin, which have -ia in the nominative case (always after g , k , l , and r ; sometimes after m , n , and other consonants), is pronounced as [ji] , with ...

  6. Polish phonology - Wikipedia

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    Polish oral vowels depicted on a vowel diagram, from Rocławski (1976:75). Main allophones (in black) are in broad transcription, and positional allophones (in red and green) are in narrow transcription. Positional variants (in red) appear in palatal contexts. The Polish vowel system consists of six oral sounds.

  7. Tableau (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Tableau is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. It has a unique layout where all cards are open, and arranged to the left and right of the foundations, similar to Beleaguered Castle , Fortress , and other games in this family like Little Napoleon Patience, Kings Solitaire, or Fürst Bismarck.

  8. Grate - Wikipedia

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    Grate may refer to: . Grate, the metal part of a fireplace where the fire is placed; Grate, the act of using a grater, a kitchen utensil; Grate, or grille, a barrier through which small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot

  9. List of assemblies called Sejm - Wikipedia

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    The Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish pronunciation: ⓘ; Polish: Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is the lower house of the Polish parliament. Its name comes from what was once a generic Polish word for a political gathering. It is also used to refer to historical diets or assemblies.