Warsawian, warsavian, varsovian - which is correct?

emmaprad 1 | 2

4 Jan 2008 / #1

Hello everybody,
I'm new, I'm an italian girl, I don't speak Polish. Could someone tell me if a native or resident of Warsaw is called Warsawian, Warsavian or Varsovian? Or all the three?

Emma

daffy 22 | 1153

4 Jan 2008 / #2

Varsovian

latin i believe and the one to use ive been told

OP emmaprad 1 | 2

4 Jan 2008 / #3

Thank you Daffy!

zion 16 | 168

4 Jan 2008 / #4

are you in warsaw ?

dove estai ? in varsovia ?

OP emmaprad 1 | 2

4 Jan 2008 / #5

No, I'm not. I stay in Italy.

hello 22 | 891

4 Jan 2008 / #6

I would say that "Varsovian" is the most correct:

Varsovian

-noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Warsaw.

dictionary.reference.com/browse/varsovian

FIOL - | 11

4 Jan 2008 / #7

In polish,
native or resident is:
male: Warszawianin
female:Warszawianka

Sometimes male is "Warszawiak"

Lettuce 1 | 23

10 Jan 2008 / #8

I take it Poles pronounce 'Warsaw' as you would expect rather than as westerners say it? (The 'W')

paczka 1 | 63

10 Jan 2008 / #9

As far as I am concerned it is pronounces Varshava