city, Kalisz wojewdztwo (province), west-central Poland. A rail junction and industrial town, it produces machine tools and railroad cars, lumber, ceramics, and textiles. The town, which lies in the south of the great Polish plain, was first chronicled in the 13th century but received municipal rights only in the 18th. It passed to Prussia in 1793 and was returned to Poland in 1918. Pop. (1991 est.) 73,700.
OSTRW WIELKOPOLSKI
Meaning of OSTRW WIELKOPOLSKI in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012