Talk:Sopot

City population
source: Rocznik Statystyczny 1981, G&#322;ówny Urz&#261;d Statystyczny, Warszawa 1981, Rok XLI 1960: 44.000 inhabitants 1970: 47.700 inhabitants 1975: 51.700 inhabitants 1980: 51.300 inhabitants

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Disambiguation
Sopot should redirect to the disambiguation page. This article should be called Sopot, Poland. Krum Stanoev 12:46, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Sopot = Zoppot
Sopot is pronounced Zoppot Wikipedia gives wrong pronounciation in German }}; if it was pronounced as WIKIPEDIA FALSELY CLAIMS it would be spelled SOPATT.

In Polish it's promoumcet with an "s" as in "save". Space Cadet (talk) 12:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Town or city?
The first paragraph claims that it is a "town"; the second paragraph claims that it is a "city". City and town have different definitions; it cannot be both at the same time. What is its current status? Werdnawerdna (talk) 13:09, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There's no formal distinction in Poland. I prefer to call it a city, since it has powiat status, but that's just a personal rule of thumb. (It's the same in most non-English speaking countries - there are not usually separate concepts equivalent to city and town.)--Kotniski (talk) 13:28, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Longest Pier in [Continental] Europe?
i know its not a "who's got the biggest pier contest", but the article repreatedly refers to the Molo as being the longest pier in Europe - a quick glance at the southend Pier page would suggest this isnt the case —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.188.44 (talk) 13:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Etymology
Does the origin of the name 'Zoppot' really meant 'stream'? The German Wikipedia states, it meant: 'beneath the hill'. 84.191.243.14 (talk) 08:43, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The "stream" explanation seems more likely from a linguistic point of view (I can't think how anything like Sopot comes to mean "beneath the hill" in a Slavic language, and German WP says the word is of Slavic origin). When I get to the library I'll look it up in a toponymic dictionary.--Kotniski (talk) 05:52, 4 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you! One Tip: my people spoke the Kashubian language in those days. 84.191.240.102 (talk) 12:56, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Just another thought: maybe the name is not of Slavic origin, but Baltic? I really don't know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.240.102 (talk) 13:02, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I tried to sign my comment when it was aleardy posted here -- sorry, didn't work! 84.191.240.102 (talk) 13:07, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, a bit late, but I checked in a Polish etymological dictionary and it says the word comes from a Slavic word meaning spring or stream. I also realize that in Croatian "under" is ispod, which might mean that "sopot" sounds like or was a word for "under" in some past Slavic tongue, which is what the theory from German WP may have been inspired by, but I can't find any source for that theory.--Kotniski (talk) 16:32, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

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