Elamur LocationsPekin
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Pekin — Polish nickname retained for this Warsaw housing complex; there is no verified established English translation.
Other forms in use:
- Pekin (budynek) — Polish reference title, with a parenthetical meaning building; distinguishes this nickname from other Warsaw buildings.
- Przyczółek Grochowski — Name of the estate containing the complex, often used for the project as a whole; geographic scope is broader than an individual building.
- Osiedle Hansenów — Polish alternative meaning the Hansens’ estate, after its architects.
- Osiedle Hansenów w Warszawie — Expanded Polish label in English naming data; not an established English translation.
- Przyczolek Grochowski — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Przyczółek Grochowski for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Osiedle Hansenow — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Osiedle Hansenów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Osiedle Hansenow w Warszawie — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Osiedle Hansenów w Warszawie for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
French name
Pekin — Polish nickname retained for French readers; no established French equivalent was verified.
Other forms in use:
- Przyczółek Grochowski — Polish project name retained for French architectural source matching; no settled French translation was verified.
- Osiedle Hansenów — Polish alternate name after the architects; French prose frequency remains unverified.
- Przyczolek Grochowski — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Przyczółek Grochowski for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Osiedle Hansenow — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Osiedle Hansenów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
About
Pekin is the nickname of a connected housing complex in Warsaw's Przyczółek Grochowski estate. Designed by Zofia and Oskar Hansen, it links residential sections through long external galleries.
Notes
Input is a housing complex, not a separate settlement. Supplied Q11815463 retained. Pekin is an informal nickname also applied to unrelated Warsaw buildings, including the Krongold tenement and the Palace of Culture and Science; those buildings are not this record. Sources disagree on 22 versus 23 sections; no count or population repeated. https://go2warsaw.pl/spacer-po-pradze-poludnie/ ; https://www.rsmpraga.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/gazeta_06_2024.pdf Independent French settlement-reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11815463 ; https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin_(budynek).
Identifiers: Wikidata Q11815463 · JSON
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