guzów

Guzów is a Polish toponym used by several villages and settlements in Poland. The exact places bearing the name Guzów are scattered across different voivodeships in the country, and the status of these locales can vary by administrative changes over time. As a place name, Guzów may reflect historical associations with a landscape feature or with a person or family linked to the locality.

The name Guzów is connected to the Polish noun guz, which means a lump, knob, or swelling. The form guzów is the genitive plural of guz, and it appears in linguistic and grammatical contexts as well as in toponyms derived from the same root. The toponymic use of Guzów likely originates from a descriptive or nominative reference tied to the landscape or a who’s-who associated with the area.

In Polish language usage, guzów functions as the genitive plural form of guz. It is encountered in standard grammar when indicating possession or association with multiple lumps or bumps, and it also appears in the construction of certain phrases and expressions. The relationship between the word and its toponymic uses reflects a common Slavic pattern where geographical names are derived from physical features or descriptors related to a place.