gmina

See also: gminą

English

Etymology

From Polish gmina, from Middle High German gemeine, gemeinde. Doublet of mean, common, and commune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmiːnə/, /ˈɡmiːnə/

Noun

gmina (plural gminas)

1. commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland

Derived terms

• urban-rural gmina

Anagrams

• Magin, Nigam, gamin, magni-, migan, minga

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gemeine. Doublet of gmin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡmi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: gmi‧na

Noun

gmina f (abbreviation gm.)

1. gmina, commune, municipality, township (first-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, below powiat and województwo)

   Coordinate terms: powiat, sołectwo, województwo

   1. (metonymically) gmina (people living in such a division)
   2. (government, metonymically) gmina office (headquarters of such a district)
   3. (government, metonymically) gmina authorities (people in charge of such a district)
2. (Judaism) kahal (organized Jewish religious community; usually disambiguated as gmina żydowska)

   Synonym: kahał

Declension

Declension of gmina

	singular	plural
nominative	gmina	gminy
genitive	gminy	gmin
dative	gminie	gminom
accusative	gminę	gminy
instrumental	gminą	gminami
locative	gminie	gminach
vocative	gmino	gminy

Descendants

• → English: gmina
• → Ukrainian: ґміна (gmina)

Further reading

• gmina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gmina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gmina in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Noun

gmina f (plural gminas)

1. gmina