Kielce

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish Kielce.

Proper noun

Kielce

2. The capital and largest city of Holy Cross Voivodeship, in central Poland.

Translations

city

• Hindi: क्येल्त्से (kyeltse)
• Japanese: キェルツェ (Kyerutse)
• Lithuanian: Kelcai m pl
• Polish: Kielce (pl) nvir
• Russian: Ке́льце (ru) m (Kélʹce), Ке́льцы ? (Kélʹcy)

  Pre-reform orthography: Кѣльцы (Kělʹcy)

• Ukrainian: Ке́льці f pl (Kélʹci), Ке́льце (Kélʹce) (transliterated)
• Yiddish: קעלץ (kelts)

Etymology 2

Variant of Kelcie

Proper noun

Kielce (plural Kielces)

1. A unisex given name, variant of Kelsey

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Kielce (plural Kielces)

1. A surname

Anagrams

• Leckie

Polish

Kielce

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛl.t͡sɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt͡sɛ
• Syllabification: Kiel‧ce

Proper noun

Kielce nvir pl (related adjective kielecki, demonym kielczanin, female demonym kielczanka)

1. Kielce (the capital and largest city of Holy Cross Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Kielce

	plural
nominative	Kielce
genitive	Kielc
dative	Kielcom
accusative	Kielce
instrumental	Kielcami
locative	Kielcach
vocative	Kielce

Derived terms

nouns

• Kielczanin
• Kielczanka
• Kielecczyzna
• Kieleckie

Further reading

• “Kielce”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Kielce”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Kielce in PWN's encyclopedia