Pollando
Esperanto
Pollando
Etymology
From polo (“a Polish person”) + lando (“land”), calque of English Poland.
Its popularity over the synonyms Polujo and Polio are likely an influence of the English language, and to a lesser extent non-European languages with English-derived names for the country, such as Chinese 波蘭／波兰 (Bōlán), Japanese ポーランド (Pōrando), Korean 폴란드 (Pollandeu), Indonesian Polandia, Hindi पोलैंड (polaiṇḍ), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [polˈlando]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ando
- Hyphenation: Pol‧lan‧do
Proper noun
Pollando (accusative Pollandon)
- Poland (a country in Central Europe)
- Synonyms: Polio, Polujo
- Meronyms: Bjalistoko, Varsovio
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