Ostrów
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Ostrów is a Polish name for a river island. It is a speculated etymological cognate of English "Easter" and German "Östern" (seeartikel). It appears in several Polish toponyms.
There are three cities in Poland known as Ostrów:
- Ostrów Lubelski, in the Lublin Voivodship
- Ostrów Mazowiecka, in the Masovian Voivodship
- Ostrów Wielkopolski, in the Greater Poland Voivodship
Islands named Ostrów include:
- Ostrów, in Gdańsk
- Ostrów Lednicki, at the Lake of Lednica (Jezioro Lednickie)
- Ostrów Tumski, in Głogów
- Ostrów Tumski, in Poznań
- Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław
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