gmina

See also: gminą

English

Etymology

From Polish gmina, from Middle High German gemeine, gemeinde. Doublet of mean, common, and commune.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈmiːnə/, /ˈɡmiːnə/

Noun

gmina (plural gminas)

  1. commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland

Derived terms

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gemeine. Doublet of gmin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡmi.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: gmi‧na

Noun

gmina f (abbreviation gm.)

  1. gmina, commune, municipality, township (first-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, below powiat and województwo)
    Coordinate terms: powiat, sołectwo, województwo
    1. (metonymically) gmina (people living in such a division)
    2. (government, metonymically) gmina office (headquarters of such a district)
    3. (government, metonymically) gmina authorities (people in charge of such a district)
  2. (Judaism) kahal (organized Jewish religious community; usually disambiguated as gmina żydowska)
    Synonym: kahał

Declension
Declension of gmina
singular plural
nominative gmina gminy
genitive gminy gmin
dative gminie gminom
accusative gminę gminy
instrumental gminą gminami
locative gminie gminach
vocative gmino gminy

Descendants
  • → English: gmina
  • → Ukrainian: ґміна (gmina)

Further reading
  • gmina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gmina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • gmina in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Noun

gmina f (plural gminas)

  1. gmina
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