Białystok

See also: Bialystok

English

Białystok

Alternative forms

Bialystok
Belostok (from Russian)
Biełastok (from Belarusian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Białystok (“white slope”).

Proper noun

Białystok

A city, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland; largest city in northeastern Poland.

Translations

city

Armenian: Բելոստոկ (hy) (Belostok)
Belarusian: Беласто́к m (Bjelastók)
Roman: Biełastok m (łacinka)
Bulgarian: Бялисто́к m (Bjalistók)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 比亞韋斯托克／比亚韦斯托克 (zh) (Bǐyǎwéisītuōkè)
Czech: Bělostok (cs) m
Esperanto: Bjalistoko
Greek: Μπιαλίστοκ (el) n (Bialístok)
Hebrew: ביאליסטוק f
Japanese: ビャウィストク (Byawisutoku)
Korean: 비아위스토크 (Biawiseutokeu)
Latvian: Bjalistoka f
Lithuanian: Balstogė f, Bialystokas m, Belostokas m
Polish: Białystok (pl) m inan
Portuguese: Bialystok f
Russian: Белосто́к (ru) m (Belostók)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бјалисток m

Roman: Bjalistok m, Białystok m
Silesian: Bjołystok m
Slovak: Białystok m, Bielostok m
Ukrainian: Білосто́к m (Bilostók)
Yiddish: ביאַליסטאָק n (byalistok), ביאַלאָסטאָק n (byalostok)

Polish

Etymology

From biały +‎ stok.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bjaˈwɨs.tɔk/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɨstɔk
Syllabification: Bia‧łys‧tok

Proper noun

Białystok m inan

Bialystok (the capital city of the Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Białystok

	singular
nominative	Białystok
genitive	Białegostoku
dative	Białemustokowi
accusative	Białystok
instrumental	Białymstokiem
locative	Białymstoku
vocative	Białystoku

Derived terms

adjectives

nouns

proper noun

Białostocczyzna

Further reading

Białystok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Białystok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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