Żyrardów

A settlement in Poland.

English name

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

Other forms in use:

Zyrardow — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling. Common diacritic-free spelling.
Girardow — Older spelling used in English histories of Philippe de Girard and the linen industry; based directly on the founder’s surname.

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

Other forms in use:

Zyrardow — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French. Common French typing form without the Polish accents.
Girardow — Historical French spelling attested in industrial and travel writing; based on Philippe de Girard’s surname.

Żyrardów is a town in Masovian Voivodeship west of Warsaw. Its planned red-brick factory district grew around linen production.

The town is named for the French inventor Philippe de Girard; this etymology does not make Girard an alternative municipal name.