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.
Żebrak | |
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Village | |
  Żebrak | |
| Coordinates: 52°4′N 22°5′E / 52.067°N 22.083°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Siedlce |
| Gmina | Skórzec |
The name of the village means "beggar" in Polish.
Polish general Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki was born in Żebrak in 1787.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). p. 195.
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