Editing Słupsk (section)

==Etymology==
{{anchor|Names}}Slavic names in [[Pomeranian language|Pomeranian]] — ''Stolpsk'',<ref name="etymology">{{Cite web|url=http://www.slupsk.pl/info.php?id=20|title=Słupsk.pl: ''Informacje ogólne''|access-date=April 12, 2008|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013100355/http://www.slupsk.pl/info.php?id=20|archive-date=October 13, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''Stôłpsk'', ''Słëpsk'', ''Słëpskò'', ''Stôłp''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naszekaszuby.pl/modules/artykuly/article.php?articleid=196|title=Nasze Kaszuby: Zestawienie kaszubskich i polskich nazw miejscowości na Kaszubach, z wariantami, z wyszczególnieniem powiatów|language=pl, csb|access-date=April 12, 2008}}</ref> — and [[Polish language|Polish]] — ''Słupsk'' — may be etymologically related to the words ''słup'' 'pole' and ''stołp'' 'keep'. There are two hypotheses about the origin of those names: that it refers to a specific way of constructing buildings on boggy ground with additional pile support, which is still in use, or that it is connected with a tower or other defensive structure on the banks of the Słupia River.<ref name="etymology" />

Later, under German administration, the town was named ''Stolp'', to which the suffix ''in Pommern'' was attached in order to avoid confusion with other places similarly named. The Germanised name comes from one of five Slavic Pomeranian names of this settlement.<ref name="etymology" /> The city was occasionally called ''Stolpe'', referring to the [[Słupia River]], whose German name is ''Stolpe''. ''Stolpe'' is also the [[Latin language|Latin]] exonym for this place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/hofmann/s/books/s_4559.html |title=Lexicon Universale |language=la |access-date=April 12, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>