{"id":7690,"date":"2018-09-11T23:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=7690"},"modified":"2018-09-11T23:42:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:42:56","slug":"does-this-place-really-exist-strange-names-of-different-places-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/does-this-place-really-exist-strange-names-of-different-places-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Does this place really exist? Strange names of different places in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each country has strange\/funny\/unusual names of streets, cities, villages. Both in English-speaking countries and elsewhere you can find places that have names that sound weird to English speakers.\u00a0And believe me, Poland is no different! There are few really funny\/odd\/crazy names that keep tourists entertained!<\/p>\n<p>So what to do when you visit a place with funny name? Most of the people take pictures, <strong>buy souvenirs<\/strong> ( in some cases the place has indeed turned the name into a tourist attraction and therefore there are funny souvenirs you can buy), <strong>connect<\/strong> (often, these places offer a unique postmark for postcards). And last, but not least,<strong> respect<\/strong>.\u00a0The locals are probably tired of hearing jokes about the name of their city. The names were often chosen many years ago, when the words had no double meaning, or make sense locally as the name only looks odd in the English language.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about few of them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Z\u0142e mi\u0119so<\/strong> &#8211; means literally &#8220;bad meat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7691\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/delicatessen-3611711_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Delicatessen 3611711 1920 1024x658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7691\" class=\"wp-image-7691 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/delicatessen-3611711_1920-1024x658.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/delicatessen-3611711_1920-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/delicatessen-3611711_1920-350x225.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/delicatessen-3611711_1920-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/delicatessen-3611711_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, not too appetizing&#8230; The mayor of the place explains where the name possibly came from.\u00a0Hundreds of years ago there was a great battle in this area, in which many soldiers and many animals died. Corpses spread out on the battlefield. The second version speaks of a dishonest innkeeper who poisoned his guests with old, bad meat. There is also the third legend, the most drastic, even the village leader is silent about it. Apparently the dishonest innkeeper gave his guests &#8230; a dish from previously murdered travelers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Koniec \u015awiata<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;end of the world&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7693\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/planet-2967684_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Planet 2967684 1920 1024x954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7693\" class=\"wp-image-7693 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"954\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/planet-2967684_1920-1024x954.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/planet-2967684_1920-1024x954.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/planet-2967684_1920-350x326.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/planet-2967684_1920-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/planet-2967684_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is a name of the village in Poland.\u00a0Some people claim that the place was called that when a nobleman travelling on a local road, which abruptly ended, reached its end and cried in distress: \u2018It\u2019s the end of the world!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>I guess if there is &#8220;end of the world&#8221;, there has to be hell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Piek\u0142o<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Hell&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7694\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/mask-2014554_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Mask 2014554 1920 1024x683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7694\" class=\"wp-image-7694 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/mask-2014554_1920-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/mask-2014554_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/mask-2014554_1920-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/mask-2014554_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/mask-2014554_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to see what hell looks like before the end of the world, come to Piek\u0142o, a village in northern Poland \ud83d\ude42 Legend says the village owes its spooky name either to the floods which often occurred in the area, turning the life of the inhabitants into a nightmare\u00a0or to an exceptionally tricky part of the Wis\u0142a River, full of twists and turns, which is nearby.<\/p>\n<p>And not far from the hell&#8230;there is heaven!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7695\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/hell-735995_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hell 735995 1920 1024x575\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"wp-image-7695 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/hell-735995_1920-1024x575.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/hell-735995_1920-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/hell-735995_1920-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/hell-735995_1920-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/hell-735995_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Niebo<\/strong> (Heaven) is only few miles away from Piek\u0142o, and no surprise, more residents here!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyc\u00f3w<\/strong> (could translate as \u2018Titville\u2019) &#8211;\u00a0Toward the end of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century, the word <em>cyc\u00a0<\/em>was used to describe a certain kind of fabric, known today as percale (<em>perkal <\/em>in Polish). However, nowadays in Polish the word cyc is almost exclusively understood as a euphemism for a woman\u2019s breast.\u00a0The name is most probably reminiscent of the percale manufactory that once operated in this village in eastern Poland.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7697\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Decollete 1688448 1920 1024x691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7697\" class=\"wp-image-7697 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-1024x691.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last, but not least&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swornegacie<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7696\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/trousers-362781_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Trousers 362781 1920 1024x685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7696\" class=\"wp-image-7696 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/trousers-362781_1920-1024x685.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/trousers-362781_1920-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/trousers-362781_1920-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/trousers-362781_1920-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/trousers-362781_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To the average Pole this name means something like\u2026 &#8220;Dutiful Panties&#8221;. In this case the word <em>gacie<\/em>, which is Polish for &#8220;panties&#8221;, refers not to undergarments but to <em>gacenie <\/em>which in the local dialect means to &#8220;strengthen the banks of a lake&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I know that there are many, many more names we could have fun talking about&#8230;and unfortunately can&#8217;t fit all of them in one post.<\/p>\n<p>Would love to know what was the funniest name you came upon while traveling in Poland?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-350x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/09\/decollete-1688448_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Each country has strange\/funny\/unusual names of streets, cities, villages. Both in English-speaking countries and elsewhere you can find places that have names that sound weird to English speakers.\u00a0And believe me, Poland is no different! There are few really funny\/odd\/crazy names that keep tourists entertained! 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