Skarżysko-Kamienna
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Skarżysko-Kamienna — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Skarzysko-Kamienna — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- Skarżysko Kamienna — Unhyphenated typographic variant of the compound name.
- Skarzysko Kamienna — Diacritic-free and unhyphenated form used in international searches and indexes.
- Kamienna — Earlier town name before Skarżysko-Kamienna was adopted in 1928; also a river name and therefore ambiguous.
French name
Skarżysko-Kamienna — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Skarzysko-Kamienna — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- Skarżysko Kamienna — French typography sometimes drops the hyphen; the Polish official name has one.
- Kamienna — Former town name, replaced in 1928, relevant to French historical references; not unique on its own.
About
Skarżysko-Kamienna is an industrial town in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship on the Kamienna River. Railway workshops and armaments production have played major roles in its development.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q644002 · JSON
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