ciekawa

Ciekawa is a toponym used for several small settlements in Poland. The name is the feminine form of the Polish adjective ciekawy (curious/interesting) and reflects the common practice of naming places after notable local features or descriptors. Because there are multiple places with this name, Ciekawa does not designate a single location but a set of distinct localities in different administrative regions.

In Polish administrative structure, each place named Ciekawa is part of a gmina (municipality), which is within a powiat (county) and a voivodeship (province). The size and governance of these settlements vary, but they are typically rural communities with local infrastructure and agricultural activity.

The toponym derives from the adjective ciekawy/ciekawa, indicating something noteworthy about the site at the time of naming. The form "Ciekawa" is used for feminine nouns in Polish.

Instances of Ciekawa exist in various voivodeships; the exact identities of these places are typically distinguished in official records and maps by their accompanying administrative units (for example, Gmina X, County Y, Voivodeship Z). In practice, travelers and researchers use disambiguation pages or local administrative documents to identify the precise Ciekawa of interest.

See also: Ciekawa (disambiguation); the Polish word ciekawa; related toponyms formed from adjectives.