Piskorzówek is a village in the
administrative district of
Gmina Domaniów
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Gmina Domaniów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaniów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Domaniów, which lies approximately west ...
, within
Oława County,
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 ...
, in southwestern Poland.
It lies approximately north-east of
Domaniów, west of
Oława, and south of the regional capital
Wrocław.
The name ''Piskorzówek'' is a
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
form of the name of the nearby village of
Piskorzów
Piskorzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Domaniów, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Domaniów, west of Oława, and south of the regional capital ...
, which in turn comes from the Polish word ''piskorz'', which means "
weatherfish
Misgurnus is a genus of true loaches found in Europe and Asia. The origin of the name ''Misgurnus'' comes from the Greek word (to hate) and the Turkish (loud), a name given to them due to their habit of becoming very active during barometric ...
".
Transport
The Polish
A4 motorway runs nearby, north-east of the village.
References
Villages in Oława County
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