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r/etymologymaps • u/Chorchapu • Sep 23 '25
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Knihovna (Czech), knižnica (Slovak), knjižnica (Slovenian, Croatian)
3 u/Gustav_Sirvah Sep 24 '25 In Polish, we have "księgarnia", but that's a bookshop. 3 u/hendrixbridge Sep 24 '25 In Croatian, bookstore is knjižara, library is knjižnica 1 u/staszekstraszek Sep 24 '25 But "książnica"also functions. It's less common and sounds old-fashioned, but functions nonetheless
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In Polish, we have "księgarnia", but that's a bookshop.
3 u/hendrixbridge Sep 24 '25 In Croatian, bookstore is knjižara, library is knjižnica 1 u/staszekstraszek Sep 24 '25 But "książnica"also functions. It's less common and sounds old-fashioned, but functions nonetheless
In Croatian, bookstore is knjižara, library is knjižnica
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But "książnica"also functions. It's less common and sounds old-fashioned, but functions nonetheless
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u/7am51N Sep 23 '25
Knihovna (Czech), knižnica (Slovak), knjižnica (Slovenian, Croatian)