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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