List of English words of Polish origin - Definition

This is a list of words used in the English language that were borrowed or derived from the Polish language.

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babka: a kind of cake
intelligentsia: came into English via Russian language, where it came from Polish language, originally from the Latin word intelligentia
kasha: Buckwheat groats, Russian for "porridge"
kielbasa: kind of sausage
mazurka: kind of dance
pirogi: also Polish pierogi, (plural) dumplings or pies.
pirozhki: (piroshki) small pirogi
Polka: Actually a Czech dance
rendzinas: a type of soil
Sejm: a Polish Diet or parliament
spruce: kind of wood, from the Polish z prus ("from Prussia"), because spruce was exported via Royal Prussia as the material for English ships
szlachta: Polish nobility
vodka: alcoholic drink

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