Raków | |
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Village | |
  Raków | |
| Coordinates: 51°14′07″N 16°53′01″E / 51.23528°N 16.88361°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Trzebnica |
| Gmina | Oborniki Śląskie |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DTR |
Raków [ˈrakuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oborniki Śląskie, within Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word rak, which means "crayfish".[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 186.
- ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.
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