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Cracovian

proper noun

  1. a person from or residing in Kraków (Cracow), Poland
  2. an ethnographic subgroup of the Polish nation
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  1. of, from, or relating to Kraków (Cracow), Poland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɹəˈkəʊvɪən/

adj

Etymology: Formed as Latin Cracōvia (“Krakow”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “of or pertaining to”). Equivalent to the Latin Cracōviānus.

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

noun

Etymology: Formed as Latin Cracōvia (“Krakow”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “of or pertaining to”). Equivalent to the Latin Cracōviānus.

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

    Being used to horses from their childhood, the Cracovians are excellent riders.

  2. A clerical convenience in solving systems of linear equations by hand.