Szczecin

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Szczecin (pronounce: , Latin: Stetinum or Scecinum; Kashubian/Pomeranian Sztet?no; German: Stettin, formerly Alten Stettin) is the 7th largest city in Poland and the second largest Polish seaport on the Baltic. It is also the capital of the West Pomeranian Voivodship. As of the 2005 census estimate the city has a total population of 413,638.

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Szczecin is located in the northwest part of Poland, on the Oder River, south of the Lagoon of Szczecin and the Bay of Pomerania.

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The city is situated along the southwestern shore of D?bie Lake, on both sides of Oder and on several large islands between western and eastern branch of the river.

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Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

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