the capital of Poland, in the E central part on the River Vistula: became capital at the end of the 16th century; almost completely destroyed in World War II as the main centre of the Polish resistance movement; rebuilt within about six years; university (1818); situated at the junction of important trans-European routes. Pop: 1 722 310 (2015 est)
Polish name: Warszawa (varˈʃava)
Warsaw in American English
(ˈwɔrˌsɔ)
capital of Poland, on the Vistula River: pop. 1,651,000
: Pol. name Warszawa (vɑʀˈʃɑvɑ)
warsaw in American English
(ˈwɔrˌsɔ)
US
noun
a very large, black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the Caribbean