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Warsaw


Capital of Poland and largest city in the country, located in central Poland; the political, cultural, industrial, and transportation center of Poland.	1
‡ Warsaw has been the capital of Poland since 1596, though it was occupied by the Russians (1813–1815) and the Germans (1915–1918 and 1939–1945).	2
‡ During World War II, half a million Jews living in the Warsaw Jewish ghetto were exterminated by the Germans.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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