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# Nysa

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Nysa** — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Neisse** — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- **Neiße** — German orthographic form with ß, also encountered for the historical town.
- **Neisse in Schlesien** — Expanded German historical form distinguishing the Silesian town from other namesakes.

## French name

**Nysa** — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Neisse** — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- **Neiße** — German spelling variant in French references to German-language sources.

## About

Nysa is a town on the Nysa Kłodzka in Opole Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. Its churches and former fortifications reflect its history as a seat of the bishops of Wrocław.

## Notes

Nysa also names rivers and other settlements; this record is the town in Opole Voivodeship.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q815721](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815721) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/nysa/?format=json)


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