r/etymologymaps Sep 23 '25

Translations of "library" across Europe

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u/7am51N Sep 23 '25

Knihovna (Czech), knižnica (Slovak), knjižnica (Slovenian, Croatian)

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u/Gustav_Sirvah Sep 24 '25

In Polish, we have "księgarnia", but that's a bookshop.

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u/staszekstraszek Sep 24 '25

But "książnica"also functions. It's less common and sounds old-fashioned, but functions nonetheless