Editing Łódź (section)

==Name and toponymy==
The [[Polish language|Polish]] name for the city, {{lang|pl|Łódź}}, directly translates to 'boat' in the [[English language]].{{sfn|Albert|2020|p=387}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Szperling |first1=Severin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1JgN3LqtLAC&pg=PA31 |title=A Catalog of Holocaust Medals: A History Etched in Metal |last2=Szperling |first2=Julie |date=2010 |publisher=Wheatmark, Inc. |page=31 |isbn=978-1-60494-421-1 |language=en |access-date=8 February 2023 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208042601/https://books.google.com/books?id=j1JgN3LqtLAC&pg=PA31 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is no unanimous consensus on its precise origin, but popular theories link it with the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] village of Łodzia and the [[canalised]] River Łódka on which the modern city was founded.{{sfn|Rymut|1987|p=145}} It may have also derived from the term {{lang|pl|łoza}} denoting a [[willow|willow tree]] and the personal [[Old Polish language|Old Polish]] name Włodzisław<!-- ISO 639-3 code `zlw-opl` not supported by [[Template:Lang]]-->.{{sfn|Grzegorczyk|2008|pp=12–13}}