Editing Warsaw (section)

==Toponymy and names==
Warsaw's name in the [[Polish language]] is {{lang|pl|Warszawa}}. Other previous spellings of the name may have included: {{lang|pl|Warszewa}}, {{lang|pl|Warszowa}}, {{lang|pl|Worszewa}} or {{lang|pl|Werszewa}}.<ref>Samuel Bogumił Linde, Slownik jẹzyka polskiego (1808)</ref><ref>Julian Weinberg, Polacy w Rodzinie Sławian (1878)</ref> The exact origin and meaning of the name is uncertain and has not been fully determined.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Warsaw |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |website=etymonline.com |access-date=26 May 2017 |archive-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923144805/http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Warsaw |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/6271 |title=Pre-Slavic toponomastic layer of Northern Mazovia: corrections and addenda (the Narew drainage) |first=Zbigniew |last=Babik |date=31 December 2015 |journal=Linguistica |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=29–46 |via=revije.ff.uni-lj.si |doi=10.4312/linguistica.55.1.29-46 |doi-access=free |access-date=26 May 2017 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202044430/https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/6271 |url-status=live }}</ref> Originally, Warszawa was the name of a small fishing settlement on the banks of the [[Vistula]] river. One hypothesis states that {{lang|pl|Warszawa}} means "belonging to Warsz", {{lang|pl|Warsz}} being a shortened form of the masculine [[Old Polish]] name Warcisław, which etymologically is linked with [[Wrocław]].<ref name=Rymut/> However the ending -awa is unusual for a large city; the names of Polish cities derived from personal names usually end in -ów/owo/ew/ewo (e.g. Piotrków, Adamów).

[[False etymology|Folk etymology]] attributes the city name to [[Wars and Sawa]]. There are several versions of the legend with their appearance. According to one version, Sawa was a mermaid living in the Vistula with whom fisherman Wars fell in love.<ref name=warsaw-legend/><ref name=syrenka_historia/> The official city name in full is {{lang|pl|miasto stołeczne Warszawa}} ("The Capital City of Warsaw").<ref name=prawo_lex/>

A native or resident of Warsaw is known as a ''Varsovian'' – in Polish {{lang|pl|warszawiak}},{{efn|"native Varsovian"}} {{lang|pl|warszawianin}}{{efn|any Varsovian}} (male); {{lang|pl|warszawianka}} (female); {{lang|pl|warszawiacy}}, and {{lang|pl|warszawianie}} (plural).

{{For|the name of Warsaw in various languages|wikt:Warsaw}}