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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG): Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡu.wak/
- Rhymes: -uwak
- Syllabification: GU‧Łag
Noun
GUŁag m inan
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of gułag
Declension
Further reading
- GUŁag in Polish dictionaries at PWN