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Name of the country

  • Polska – Poland
  • Rzeczpospolita Polska – the Republic of Poland

Cities

  • Gdańsk – Gdańsk
  • Jelenia Góra – Jelenia Góra
  • Katowice – Katowice
  • Kraków – Kraków or Cracow
  • Łódź – Łódź
  • Olsztyn – Olsztyn
  • Opole – Opole
  • Oświęcim – Oświęcim
  • Szczecin – Szczecin
  • Toruń – Toruń
  • Warszawa – Warsaw
  • Wrocław – Wrocław

For all cities and towns in Poland not listed here, it is recommended that Polish official forms of names be used in English texts. Polish diacritical marks should be used to record these forms of the names.

Historical regions

  • Dolny Śląsk – Lower Silesia
  • Galicja – Galicia
  • Górny Śląsk – Upper Silesia
  • Kaszuby – Kashubia
  • Kujawy – Kuyavia
  • Łużyce – Lusatia
  • Małopolska – Lesser Poland
  • Mazowsze – Mazovia
  • Mazury – Masuria
  • Podlasie – Podlasie
  • Polesie – Polesie
  • Pomorze – Pomerania
  • Pomorze Gdańskie – Gdańsk Pomerania
  • Pomorze Zachodnie – Western Pomerania
  • Śląsk – Silesia
  • Warmia – Warmia
  • Wielkopolska – Greater Poland

Sea, bays, gulfs, and lagoons

  • Morze Bałtyckie – the Baltic Sea
  • Zalew Szczeciński – the Szczecin Lagoon
  • Zalew Wiślany – the Vistula Lagoon
  • Zatoka Gdańska – the Gulf of Gdańsk
  • Zatoka Pomorska – the Pomeranian Bight
  • Zatoka Pucka – the Bay of Puck

Major rivers

  • Nysa Kłodzka
  • Nysa Łużycka
  • Odra
  • Warta
  • Wisła – Vistula

Islands

  • Uznam
  • Wolin
  • Wyspa Sobieszewska – Wyspa Sobieszewska

Peninsulas, spits

  • Półwysep Helski – Hel Peninsula
  • Mierzeja Helska – Hel Spit
  • Mierzeja Wiślana – Vistula Spit