Żebrak

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
52°4′N 22°5′E / 52.067°N 22.083°E / 52.067; 22.083Country PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountySiedlceGminaSkórzec

Żebrak [ˈʐɛbrak] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórzec, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Siedlce and 76 km (47 mi) east of Warsaw.

The name of the village means "beggar" in Polish.

Polish general Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki was born in Żebrak in 1787.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Skrzynecki, Jan Zygmunt" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). p. 195.


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