państwo

Meaning

Noun

1. state, country (sovereign polity)
2. wealth, richness
3. domain, rule, control
4. (obsolete) domain of a castellan
5. domain (order of angels)
6. domain; Further details are uncertain.

Pron

polite second person plural of mixed gender nominative; you, you all

Hyphenated as

pań‧stwo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaɲ.stfɔ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish państwo. By surface analysis, pan + -stwo. Compare Czech panstvo, Kashubian państwò, and Slovincian państwô.

Sentences

Czy pamiętacie państwo sześcioletnią wojnę bananową ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi?

Remember the six-year-long banana war with the US?