Polish-American
Krakow meets Chicago
Polish-American describes people of Polish descent living in the United States, or things relating to this community: a Polish-American neighborhood in Chicago, Polish-American cuisine.
The hyphenated form functions as both noun and adjective.
Major Polish-American populations exist in the Midwest and Northeast, with cultural traditions including polka music and distinctive foods like pierogi and kielbasa.
Bouncy partnered folk step
- pierogiFilled Central European dumpling
- kielbasaPolish smoked sausage
- mazurkaPolish folk dance
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
Chopin · accordion · babka · poetry · tradition · customs · festival
Linked by a dash
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
ethnicity · assimilation · bicultural · naturalized · citizenship · Ellis Island · second-generation · roots
Major Illinois metropolis
- parishLocal church community
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- fraternalOf sibling bonds
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
settlement · Pulaski · congregation · solidarity · emigre · compatriot
Relocating abroad permanently
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
- steelworkerFactory metal producer
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
tenement · refugee · partitions · persecution · sponsorship · quota · visa · passage
polka
Bouncy partnered folk step
amber · Chopin · accordion · babka · poetry · tradition · customs · festival
hyphenated
Linked by a dash
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
immigrant · ethnicity · assimilation · bicultural · naturalized · citizenship · Ellis Island · second-generation · roots · homeland
Chicago
Major Illinois metropolis
- parishLocal church community
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- fraternalOf sibling bonds
enclave · settlement · Pulaski · congregation · solidarity · emigre · compatriot
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
- steelworkerFactory metal producer
- factoryIndustrial production facility
labor · tenement · refugee · partitions · persecution · sponsorship · quota · visa · passage
Pulaski
Polish heritage surname
- LiberaceExtravagant mid-century piano entertainer
- Hyphenated IdentitiesFrench-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, Indo-Caribbean
Polish-AmericanNative American
Original inhabitants of America
indigenous · Anglo-American · WASP · assimilated · pure-blooded
Polish-AmericanJapanese-American
Of dual national heritage
Chinese-American · African-American · Mexican-American · Korean-American · Brazilian-American
Polish, American, America, Pole, Poles, Americas, Americans, Americana, Americanism