Bytom

By·tom

[bih-tawm]
noun
a city in S Poland.
German Beuthen.
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Bytom (Polish ˈbitɔm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
German name: Beuthen an industrial city in SW Poland, in Upper Silesia: under Prussian and German rule from 1742 to 1945. Pop: 185 793 (2007 est)

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city, Slaskie wojewodztwo (province), southern Poland. It is one of the oldest and largest industrial cities in the Upper Silesia coal region

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