Nysa
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Nysa — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Neisse — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- Neiße — German orthographic form with ß, also encountered for the historical town.
- Neisse in Schlesien — Expanded German historical form distinguishing the Silesian town from other namesakes.
French name
Nysa — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Neisse — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- Neiße — German spelling variant in French references to German-language sources.
About
Nysa is a town on the Nysa Kłodzka in Opole Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. Its churches and former fortifications reflect its history as a seat of the bishops of Wrocław.
Notes
Nysa also names rivers and other settlements; this record is the town in Opole Voivodeship.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q815721 · JSON
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