Wro·claw (vrôt släf ) also Bres·lau (br slou) A city of southwest Poland on the Oder River. It was a member of the Hanseatic League (1368-1474) before passing to the Hapsburgs (1526) and Prussia (1742). Wroclaw was assigned to Poland by the Potsdam Conference (1945). Population: 635,000. |
Wrocƚaw (Polish) [ˈvrɔtswaf]
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(Placename) an industrial city in SW Poland, on the River Oder: passed to Austria (1527) and to Prussia (1741); returned to Poland in 1945. Pop.: 637 877 (1999 est.) German name Breslau
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| Noun | 1. |  Wroclaw - a city in southwestern Poland on the OderPoland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II |
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