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# Żyrardów

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Zyrardow** — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling. Common diacritic-free spelling.
- **Girardow** — Older spelling used in English histories of Philippe de Girard and the linen industry; based directly on the founder’s surname.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Zyrardow** — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French. Common French typing form without the Polish accents.
- **Girardow** — Historical French spelling attested in industrial and travel writing; based on Philippe de Girard’s surname.

## About

Żyrardów is a town in Masovian Voivodeship west of Warsaw. Its planned red-brick factory district grew around linen production.

## Notes

The town is named for the French inventor Philippe de Girard; this etymology does not make Girard an alternative municipal name.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q393251](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q393251) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/zyrardow/?format=json)


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