Piskorzyna

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
51°30′N 16°38′E / 51.500°N 16.633°E / 51.500; 16.633Country PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyWołówGminaWińskoTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationDWLNational roads

Piskorzyna [piskɔˈʐɨna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wińsko, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word piskorz, which means "weatherfish".[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 60.


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