słoniarnia

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See also: słoniarnią

Polish

Etymology

From słoń +‎ -arnia. First attested in 1933.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swɔˈɲar.ɲa/
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  • Rhymes: -arɲa
  • Syllabification: sło‧niar‧nia

Noun

słoniarnia f

  1. building where elephants are exhibited to the public
    • 2017, Andrzej Pilipiuk, chapter 10, in Raport z Północy, Fabryka Słów:
      Mojego Ojca, jako byłego pracownika słoniarni, a wówczas opiekuna hipopotamiarni, interesowały zwierzęta DUŻE.
      My father, as a former worker in a building where elephants are kept, and at that time a keeper of hippopotamuses, was interested in LARGE animals.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Polska Zbrojna ; pismo codzienne, number R.12 , nr 130, 1933, page 7

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