Elamur LocationsŚwinoujście
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Świnoujście — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Swinoujscie — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- Swinemünde — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- Swinemuende — German historical name with ue replacing ü.
- Swinemunde — German historical name with the umlaut omitted.
French name
Świnoujście — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Swinoujscie — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- Swinemünde — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- Swinemuende — Historical German name rendered with ue in French indexes and references.
- Swinemunde — Umlaut-free historical spelling encountered in French texts.
About
Świnoujście is a Baltic port and resort at the mouth of the Świna in northwestern Poland. Its urban area spreads across islands beside the German border.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q41599 · JSON
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