Åšroda is the
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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word for
Wednesday
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. It appears in the names of Polish towns holding Wednesday
weekly fairs.
There are two towns in
Poland
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called Åšroda:
*
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska. The ...
, in south-west Poland (
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
)
*
Åšroda Wielkopolska
Środa Wielkopolska (until 1968 ''Środa''; german: Schroda) is a town in western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about southeast of Poznań, with 22,001 inhabitants (2009). It is the seat of Środa Wielkopolska Count ...
, in west-central Poland (
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 o ...
)
Åšroda is also a
reservoir lake
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on the
Maskawa River, near Åšroda Wielkopolska.
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