Polish

Polish (BrE: /ˈpoʊlɪʃ/ or AmE: /ˈpoʊlɪʃ/) may refer to:

  • Anything from or related to Poland, a country in europe.
  • Polish language
  • Poles, people from Poland
  • Polish (chicken)
  • Polish cuisine
  • Polish space, in mathematics

Polish ( /ˈpɒlɪʃ/) may refer to:

  • Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action
  • Nail polish
  • Shoe polish

Other articles related to "polish":

Polish People's Party - History - Before 1945
... one of the most important political parties in the Second Polish Republic until it was removed by the Sanacja regime (see also People's Party) ... During this time there were two parties using the term "Polish People's Party" Polish People's Party "Piast" and Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" ... War II, PSL took part in forming the Polish government in exile ...
Grudziądz - Notable Residents
... writer Georg Jalkowski(1852–1902) Polish publisher Waldemar Kophamel (1880–1934), U-Boat commander Leo White (1882–1948), stage performer Alfons Hoffmann(1895–1963), Polish ...
Paweł Jasienica
... was the pen name of Leon Lech Beynar (10 November 1909 – 19 August 1970), a Polish historian, journalist and soldier ... During World War II, Jasienica (then, Leon Beynar) fought in the Polish Army, and later, the Armia Krajowa resistance ... He is best known for his 1960s books on Polish history—on the Kingdom of Poland under the Piast Dynasty, the Jagiellon Dynasty, and the elected kings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ...
Polish People's Party
... The Polish People's Party (Polish Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, abbreviated to PSL (traditionally translated as Polish Peasants' Party), is a centrist, agrarian, and Christian democratic political party ...
Bolesław III Wrymouth
... known as Bolesław III the Wry-mouthed, Polish Bolesław III Krzywousty) (20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138) was Prince of Poland from 1107 until 1138 ... attending to the policy of unification of Polish lands and maintaining full sovereignty of the Polish state in the face of constant threat from ... Bolesław III also upheld the independence of the Polish archbishopric of Gniezno ...

Famous quotes containing the word polish:

    “‘Then I polish all the silver, which a supper-table lacquers;
    Then I write the pretty mottoes which you find inside the
    crackers’—”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “It is the art of mankind to polish the world, and every one who works is scrubbing in some part.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “You will have to polish up the stars
    with Bab-o and find a new God
    as the earth empties out
    into the gnarled hands of the old redeemer.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)