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# Płońsk

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Płońsk** — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.

Other forms in use:

- **Plonsk** — Unaccented spelling widely used in English Jewish history.
- **Plöhnen** — German occupation-era name, relevant to Second World War records.
- **Plohnen** — Plain-letter version of the German wartime name.

## French name

**Płońsk** — Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Plonsk** — Unaccented spelling also common in French accounts of Ben-Gurion.
- **Plöhnen** — German wartime designation for historical document searches.

## About

Płońsk is a town on the Płonka in Masovian Voivodeship, north-west of Warsaw. It is the birthplace of David Ben-Gurion and had a substantial Jewish community before the Holocaust.

## Notes

The local diacritics are retained in the main form. Input label 'Плонськ' is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q270656](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270656) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/plonsk/?format=json)


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