Little Poland
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Little Poland may refer to:
- Lesser PolandLesser PolandLesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland, with its capital in the city of Kraków. It forms the southeastern corner of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland...
(Polish: Małopolska), a historical region of southern Poland - Lesser Poland VoivodeshipLesser Poland VoivodeshipMałopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
(Polish: województwo małopolskie), a present-day administrative region in southern Poland
United States (name for Polish ethnic neighborhoods in many cities)
- Little Poland, BrooklynLittle Poland, BrooklynLittle Poland is an informal name for part of a neighborhood in Greenpoint, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The name "Little Poland" came to be applied to it following an influx of Polish immigrants after 1900...
, an informal name for a neighborhood of GreenpointGreenpoint, BrooklynGreenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at the Bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg, on the north by Newtown Creek and Long Island City, Queens at the...
, BrooklynBrooklynBrooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...