place_of_death george rudolf of liegnitz
British English is the English language as spoken and written in the ___MASK18___ or , more broadly , throughout the British Isles . Slight regional variations exist in formal , written English in the ___MASK18___ . For example , the adjective " wee " is almost exclusively used in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland , and occasionally Yorkshire , whereas " little " is predominant elsewhere . Nevertheless , there is a meaningful degree of uniformity in " written " English within the ___MASK18___ , and this could be described by the term " British English ". The forms of " spoken " English , however , vary considerably more than in most other areas of the world where English is spoken , so a uniform concept of British English is more difficult to apply to the spoken language . According to Tom McArthur in the " Oxford Guide to World English ", British English shares " all the ambiguities and tensions in the word " British " and as a result can be used and interpreted in two ways , more broadly or more narrowly , within a range of blurring and ambiguity ." A province is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient ___MASK74___ " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the ___MASK74___ Empire ' s territorial possessions outside Italy . The term province has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the capital city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent of federal authority , especially in Canada . In other countries , like ___MASK38___ , provinces are the creation of central government , with very little autonomy . George Rudolf of Liegnitz ( German : Georg Rudolf von Liegnitz ; Polish : Jerzy Rudolf Legnicki ) ( 22 January 1595 -- 14 January 1653 ) was duke of Liegnitz - Wohlau ( present - day ___MASK23___ - Woów ) from 1602 to 1653 . A humanist , patron of arts , composer and poet , he was also Upper Governor of ___MASK100___ during 1621 - 1628 and from 1641 onwards . ___MASK23___ ( archaic Polish : " Lignica ", , ) is a town in southwestern Poland , in ___MASK100___ , in the central part of Lower ___MASK100___ , on the plain of ___MASK23___ , ___MASK91___ : Kaczawa ( left tributary of the Oder ) and the Czarna Woda . Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 ___MASK23___ was the capital of the ___MASK23___ Voivodeship . It is currently the seat of the county . Since 1992 the city has been the seat of the Diocese of ___MASK23___ . ___MASK17___ County is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship , south - western Poland . It came into being on January 1 , 1999 , as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 . The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat is the town of ___MASK17___ , although the county also contains the slightly larger town of Brzeg Dolny . ___MASK17___ is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south - western Poland . It is the seat of ___MASK17___ County , and of the smaller administrative district ( gmina ) called Gmina ___MASK17___ . It lies approximately north - west of the regional capital ___MASK37___ . , the town has a population of 12 , 286 . Gmina ___MASK17___ is an urban - rural gmina ( administrative district ) in ___MASK17___ County , Lower Silesian Voivodeship , in south - western Poland . Its seat is the town of ___MASK17___ , which lies approximately north - west of the regional capital ___MASK37___ . ___MASK23___ Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years ___MASK30___  1998 , superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship . Its capital city was ___MASK23___ . The gmina ( Polish pronunciation , plural " gminy " ) is the principal unit of the administrative division of ___MASK70___ , similar to a commune or municipality . As of 2010 there were 2 , 478 gminy throughout the country . The word " gmina " derives from the German word " Gemeinde ", meaning " community ." The Kaczawa is a river in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in ___MASK70___ . It ___MASK62___ from the Kaczawskie Mountains near Kaczorów and flows north and northeast through the towns of wierzawa , Zotoryja and Legnica . Among its tributaries is the Czarna Woda . After a length of the Kaczawa empties into the Oder river at Prochowice . Lower Silesian Voivodeship , or Lower ___MASK100___ Province ( in Polish , " województwo dolnolskie " ), in southwestern Poland , is one of the 16 voivodeships ( provinces ) into which Poland is divided . ___MASK37___ (, ; ) is the largest city in western Poland . It is on the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe , roughly 350 kilometres ( 220 mi ) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres ( 25 mi ) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south . ___MASK37___ is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia . Today , it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship . At various times in history , it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia , Hungary , the Austrian Empire , Prussia and Germany . It became part of Poland in 1945 , as a result of the border changes after the Second World War . The population of ___MASK37___ in 2016 was 637 , 075 making it the fourth - largest city in Poland and the main city of ___MASK37___ agglomeration . A duke ( male ) ( British English : or American English : ) or duchess ( female ) can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of the nobility , historically of highest rank below the monarch . The title comes from French " duc ", itself from the Latin " dux ", ' leader ', a term used in republican ___MASK32___ to refer to a military commander without an official rank ( particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin ), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province . The Oder ( Czech , Lower Sorbian and , Upper Sorbian : " Wódra ") is a river in ___MASK10___ Europe . It rises in the ___MASK96___ and flows ( generally north - and northwest - ward ) through western Poland , later forming of the border between Poland and Germany , part of the Oder  Neisse line . The river ultimately flows into the Szczecin Lagoon north of Szczecin and then into three branches ( the Dziwna , wina and Peene ) that empty into the Gulf of ___MASK50___ of the Baltic Sea . ___MASK100___ ( or ; Silesian German : " Schläsing " Silesian : " lnsk " ) is a region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland , with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany . Its area is about , and its population about 8 , 000 , 000 . ___MASK100___ is located along the Oder river . It consists of Lower ___MASK100___ and Upper ___MASK100___ . American English ( variously abbreviated AmE , AE , AmEng , USEng , en - US ), also called United States English or U . S . English , is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States . English is the ___MASK89___ widely spoken language in the United States and is the common language used by the federal government , considered the " de facto " language of the country because of its widespread use . English has been given official status by 32 of the 50 state governments . As an example , while both Spanish and English have equivalent status in the local courts of ___MASK36___ . Under federal law , English is the official language for any matters being referred to the United States district court for the territory . ___MASK70___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK70___ , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic ___MASK75___ in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and ___MASK97___ to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic ___MASK75___ , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of ___MASK70___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK70___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . ___MASK70___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , ___MASK37___ , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . Lower ___MASK100___ ( Silesian German : " Niederschläsing ") is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of ___MASK100___ ; Upper ___MASK100___ is to the southeast .