Opole

• Oppeln (pre-1945)

Borrowed from Polish Opole.

Opole

2. The capital and largest city of Opole Voivodeship, in the Silesia region of southern Poland.

• Poole, loope

• IPA^(key): /oˈpoːlə/

Opole n (proper noun, genitive Opoles or (optionally with an article) Opole)

1. alternative form of Oppeln [since late 20th c.]

Inherited from Old Polish Opole, from opole.

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈpɔ.lɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
• Syllabification: O‧po‧le
• Homophone: opole

Opole n (related adjective opolski, demonym opolanin, female demonym opolanka)

1. Opole (the capital and largest city of Opole Voivodeship, in the Silesia region of southern Poland)

• → Belarusian: Апо́ле (Apólje)
• → Czech: Opolí
• → English: Opole
• → German: Oppeln
• → Lithuanian: Opolė
• → Russian: Опо́ле (Opóle)
• → Slovak: Opole
• → Ukrainian: Опо́ле (Opóle)

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