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Definition 2024
ostrów
ostrów
Polish
Noun
ostrów m inan
- a type of river island, with ground relatively high above the water level and usually covered with forest.
Usage notes
This gender form is used in modern speech and most places names, e.g. Ostrów Tumski. The feminine noun with the same nominative singular form found in the city name Ostrów Mazowiecka is etymologically unrelated.
Declension
declension of ostrów
Derived terms
- (noun) ostrowisko