Starogard Gdański

A settlement in Poland.

English name

Starogard Gdański — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.

Other forms in use:

Starogard Gdanski — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
Preußisch Stargard — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
Preussisch Stargard — Historical German spelling with ss replacing ß.
Starogard — Short form used when the town is clear from context; distinct from Stargard in West Pomerania.

Starogard Gdański — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

Starogard Gdanski — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
Preußisch Stargard — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
Preussisch Stargard — German historical form with ss, found in French references using German sources.
Starogard — Shortened form; French readers must distinguish it from Stargard.

Starogard Gdański is a city on the Wierzyca in Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is a principal centre of the Kociewie cultural region.

Do not merge Starogard Gdański with Stargard, a different city in northwestern Poland.