Świecie
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Świecie — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.
Other forms in use:
- Schwetz — Historical German name used in English historical writing and archival searches; not the present official name.
- Schwetz an der Weichsel — Expanded German historical name, distinguishing this town from similarly named places.
- Swiecie — Plain-text form without native diacritics, useful in English indexes and searches; not a separate exonym.
French name
Świecie — Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Schwetz — German historical name encountered in French writing about Prussia.
- Swiecie — Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French.
About
Świecie is a town near the meeting of the Wda and the Vistula in northern Poland. Its Teutonic castle stands in the river lowlands below the newer town centre.
Notes
Not Świecie nad Osą, a different settlement. Input label 'Свеце' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q387502 · JSON
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