Poznań
/ˈpɔːznɑːnjə,〈波兰〉ˈpɒznaɲ/- a city in NW Poland; pop. 564,035 (2007). An area of German colonization since the 13th century, it was the centre of Polish power in the 15th-17th centuries, but passed to Prussia in 1793. It was under German control almost continuously until the First World War, and was overrun by the Germans again in 1939. German name POSEN.波兹南（波兰西北部城市, 2007年人口564,035; 13世纪沦为德国殖民地, 15至17世纪为波兰政权中心, 但1793年为普鲁士所吞并, 第一次世界大战前一直受制于德国, 1939年再次被德国占领, 德语名POSEN）。