komarów

Komarów is a Polish term with two main references: the plural genitive form of the noun komar (mosquito) and a toponym used for several places in Poland. In everyday language, komarów appears in phrases indicating possession or quantity, such as liczba komarów (the number of mosquitoes).

As a place name, Komarów designates multiple villages and settlements in Poland. The most notable is Komarów-Osada, the seat of the rural gmina Gmina Komarów-Osada in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, located in eastern Poland. The toponym is embedded in the eastern Polish landscape, a region with long-standing agricultural activity and a complex borderland history.

Historically, the name Komarów is associated with the Battle of Komarów (1920), a major cavalry engagement of the Polish-Soviet War fought near Komarów. The battle is often cited as one of the largest cavalry actions in Europe since Napoleonic times and contributed to the Polish victory in the war.

Today, several smaller villages and settlements across Poland also bear the name Komarów, sometimes with additional descriptors to distinguish them, such as Komarów-Osada or Komarów subdivisions within different counties. The toponym reflects a common Polish naming tradition that links places to natural features or local fauna.