Loanwords from Polish
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Loanwords from Polish
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Outline• Polish population in the United States
• the origin of loanwords from Polish
• loanwords from Polish
How many Polish people are in the United States?
population in the US
Polish population in the US
15,000,000 303,824,646
Polish Population in the US
• 15 million persons have Polish ancestry• 9 million US residents identify themselves as of Polish descent•many people came from Poland because of WWII, or during the Communist rule
Polish Population in the US
Polish-Americans have influenced American culture
in many ways
• via Yiddish brought by Ashkenazi Jews migrating from Poland to North America
Origin of Loanwords from Polish
• via Russian or West European languages, such as French, German or Dutch
• referring to staples of Polish cuisine, names of Polish folk dances or specialist, e.g. horse-related, terminology. •derive from Polish geographic names and ethnonyms, including the name Polska, "Poland", itself.
Origin of Loanwords from Polish
1.Polak/Polka a reference to a Pole or person of Polish descent
Loanwords from Polish
sometimes with the specific implication that Polish people are especially unintelligent
2. kapusta
Loanwords from Polish
Cabbage
3. kielbasa
Loanwords from Polish
A Polish-style sausage, smoked and flavored with garlic
4. babka
Loanwords from Polish
a yeast cake; from Polish babka, diminutive of baba, literally: “old woman”, or “grandmother”
5. pierogi
Loanwords from Polish
a kind of dumpling, from Polish pierogi, plural of pieróg, or "dumpling"
6.golabki
Loanwords from Polish
Gołąbki, a traditional Polish dish in the form of cabbage rolls
7.Paczki
Loanwords from Polish
a Polish doughnutPolish pączki, plural of pączek ← diminutive of pąk, "bud"
8.Czech
Loanwords from Polish
Of or related to the Czech Republic or its peoplePolish Czech, "a Czech or Bohemian man”
9. Crackowe, cracowe, crakow, crakowe
Loanwords from Polish
A long, pointed shoe popular in the 14th-15th centuries
Famous Polish people in America
references:http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Polish_people_are_in_the_US#ixzz1Ii1vWWa4
Loanwords Dictionary , First Edition, Laurence Urdang and Frank R. Abate Editors.
further info:Immigration historyhttp://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/kane98/kane_p3_immig/Poland/Polish.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_American
Polish-American Contributions To Our Nationhttps://www.msu.edu/user/jarczakc/polesinus.html
List of American people of Polish descent http://www.famouswhy.com/List/c/American_people_of_Polish_descent/
Best language to learnhttp://claritaslux.com/blog/best-language-to-learn/
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