Żary

A settlement in Poland.

English name

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

Other forms in use:

Zary — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
Sorau — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
Žarow — Lower Sorbian name, relevant in English discussions of Lusatian history and language.

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

Other forms in use:

Zary — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
Sorau — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
Žarow — Lower Sorbian name retained in French discussions of Lusatian cultural history.

Żary is a town in Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland. Its castle and palace reflect the history of the eastern part of Lower Lusatia.