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# Starogard Gdański

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Starogard Gdanski** — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- **Preußisch Stargard** — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- **Preussisch Stargard** — Historical German spelling with ss replacing ß.
- **Starogard** — Short form used when the town is clear from context; distinct from Stargard in West Pomerania.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Starogard Gdanski** — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- **Preußisch Stargard** — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- **Preussisch Stargard** — German historical form with ss, found in French references using German sources.
- **Starogard** — Shortened form; French readers must distinguish it from Stargard.

## About

Starogard Gdański is a city on the Wierzyca in Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is a principal centre of the Kociewie cultural region.

## Notes

Do not merge Starogard Gdański with Stargard, a different city in northwestern Poland.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q503146](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503146) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/starogard-gdanski/?format=json)


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