gmina

See also: gminą

English

Etymology

From Polish gmina, from Middle High German gemeine, gemeinde. Doublet of mean, common, and commune.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈmiːnə/, /ˈɡmiːnə/

Noun

gmina (plural gminas)

  1. commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Later 16th century, from German Gemeine, archaic variant of Gemeinde, from Middle High German gemeine, from Old High German gimeinī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Doublet of gmin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡmi.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: gmi‧na

Noun

gmina f

  1. commune; municipality; township; the first level of local government in Poland, below powiat and województwo
  2. kahal; organized Jewish religious community (usually disambiguated as gmina żydowska)
    Synonym: kahał

Declension
Declension of gmina
singular plural
nominative gmina gminy
genitive gminy gmin
dative gminie gminom
accusative gminę gminy
instrumental gminą gminami
locative gminie gminach
vocative gmino gminy

Descendants
  • → English: gmina
  • → Ukrainian: ґміна (gmina)

Further reading
  • gmina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gmina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

gmina f (plural gminas)

  1. gmina
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