Lublin
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- proper noun
- I visited Lublin, a city rich in history and culture in eastern Poland.
- Lublin, Poland
- University of Lublin
Examples
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I'll tell you when we get to Lublin.
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Feet stamping, arms locked, the Jews of Lublin danced.
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You mean we... we passed Lublin already?
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We were supposed to get off at Lublin.
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When I was in Lublin studying last week, I found this wonderful book.
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Anyway, we buy our books in Lublin.
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Mark's family was from here, down in Lublin.
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Zwolen is about twenty miles from Radom and about fifteen miles from Lublin.
Blog text (4) -
However, a particularly important date is 1944—the year of the liberation of Lublin, where the first Polish communist government was set up and where the State Spirit Monopoly was also established.
Academic text (2016) -
Its location on this road made it a halting stage for merchants traveling to the Lublin Fair as well as a rallying point for the clans of gentry who held musters there in the fifteenth century, and for the Calvinists who had a school and a meeting house.
Fiction book (1997)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lublin likely comes from an old Slavic root lub- meaning 'dear' or 'beloved', the same idea as the English word 'love'. So, think of Lublin as a 'beloved place' or a town named after someone called Lubo, which makes the name easier to remember.