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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish borówka, from Proto-Slavic *borovъka. By surface analysis, borowy + -ka.
Pronunciation
Noun
borówka f
- cowberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, partridgeberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
- Synonyms: (Lesser Poland) brusznica, (botany) borówka czerwona, (botany) borówka brusznica
- cowberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, partridgeberry (berry)
- Synonyms: (Lesser Poland) brusznica, (botany) borówka czerwona, (botany) borówka brusznica
- (Lesser Poland) bilberry, European blueberry, common bilberry, whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
- Synonyms: czarna jagoda, jagoda, (regional) czernica, (botany) borówka czarna, (botany) borówka czernica
- (Lesser Poland) bilberry, European blueberry, common bilberry, whortleberry (berry)
- Synonyms: czarna jagoda, jagoda, (regional) czernica, (botany) borówka czarna, (botany) borówka czernica
- (botany) any berry of the genus Vaccinium, e.g. blueberry, cranberry, bilberry, etc.
- a honey bee living in a tree hollow
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Further reading
- borówka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- borówka in Polish dictionaries at PWN