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| 1. | Polish, Warszawa. a city in and the capital of Poland, in the E central part, on the Vistula River. 1,436,000. |
| 2. | a town in N Indiana. 10,649. |
Capital of Poland and largest city in the country, located in central Poland; the political, cultural, industrial, and transportation center of Poland.
Note: Warsaw has been the capital of Poland since 1596, though it was occupied by the Russians (1813–1815) and the Germans (1915–1918 and 1939–1945).
Note: During World War II, half a million Jews living in the Warsaw Jewish ghetto were exterminated by the Germans.
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