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(krăk′ou, krä′kou, -ko͞of)

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Cracow

(ˈkrækaʊ; -əʊ; -ɒf)

(Placename) an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Vistula: former capital of the country (1320–1609); university (1364). Pop: 822 000 (2005 est). Polish name: Kraków German name: Krakau

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Kra•ków

or Cra•cow

(ˈkræk aʊ, ˈkrɑ kaʊ; Pol. ˈkrɑ kʊf)

n.

a city in S Poland, on the Vistula: the capital of Poland 1320–1609. 748,000.

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Cracow - an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula

Krakau, Krakow

Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II

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Krakau

Cracovie

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