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railway station

Source:VauxhallEnglish · “a London pleasure garden”probable

Russian вокзал is usually traced to London's Vauxhall Gardens, via the 'vauxhall' concert pavilion at Pavlovsk, terminus of the first Russian railway.

English

railway station

Polish

dworzec
ˈdvɔʐɛts
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BCS script
  • Russian
    вокза́лvokzal
    vɐɡˈzalborrowed · English Vauxhall
  • Ukrainian
    вокза́лvokzal
    ʋɔɡˈzalborrowed · English Vauxhall, via Russian
  • Polish
    dworzec
    ˈdvɔʐɛtsdifferent word · Polish dwór 'court, manor'
  • Czech
    nádraží
    ˈnaːdraʒiːdifferent word · Czech dráha 'track, railway' (*dorga)
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    stanicaстаница
    ˈstanitsadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *stanъ 'halting place, camp'

    Standard-specific words: kolodvor (Croatian) — Literally 'wheel-yard' (kolo + dvor).

  • English
    railway station

    English shares this source: Vauxhall

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian дворе́ц “palace”Polish dworzec “(railway or bus) station”

    Russian 'station' is вокза́л; Polish 'palace' is pałac.