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Warsaw

proper noun

  1. capital and largest city of Poland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːsɔː/ / /ˈwɔɹsɔ/ / /ˈwɔɹsɑ/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Old Polish Warcisław Old Polish -sz Old Polish Warsz Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Old Polish *warszewy Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь Old Polish wieś Old Polish *warszewa wieśellip. Old Polish Warszewa Polish Warszawabor. English Warsaw Ultimately from Old Polish Warszewa. Doublet of Warszawa.

  1. The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
  2. The Polish government.
  3. A city, the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A home rule city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Missouri, United States.
  6. A village, the county seat of Wyoming County, New York, United States.
  7. A town, the county seat of Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
  8. A habitational surname.

noun

Etymology: Probably a corruption of Spanish guasa or mero guasa (“Atlantic goliath grouper”), which may be from Old Tupi guaçu (“large”).

  1. Any of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae

    “BLACK GROUPER Mycteroperca bonaci […] They rank as fair food fish. Fishermen give them a variety of names: Warsaw grouper, gray grouper, jewfish, rockfish.”

    “In the Gulf of Mexico handlines are also an important gear for the offshore subtropical bank fishes, accounting for 12,847,000 pounds of various snappers, 6,928,000 pounds of groupers, and 538,000 pounds of jewfish, warsaw, and grunts.”

  2. Any of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae

    “Plate 165. THE JEW-FISH OR “WARSAW.” Promicrops guasa, Pooey. (P. 412)”

    “Although the red grouper is indeed a large fish compared to most, often weighing forty pounds, it is almost a pigmy compared with a related fish of this family, the jew-fish, guasa, or Warsaw (Promicrops itaira). This fish is yellowish or olivaceous, sprinkled with numerous brown spots.”

  3. Any of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae

    “Shallow-water grouper include red Epinephelus morio; […] warsaw Epinephelus nigritus; speckled hind Epinephelus hammondhayi; and scamp (after the shallow-water quota is filled).”

    “The Warsaw grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) was listed as a species of concern in 1997. It is a very large fish found on deepwater reefs of the southeastern United States.”