The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.
The present-day village of Przedmieście Dubieckie is located in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, about 2 kilometers northwest of Dubiecko. According to Polish Place Names, the village was referred to:
– in Latin as opidum Dubyeczsko cum Suburbia in 1441, Suburbium ante Dubeczsko in 1458, opidum Dubyeczko cum Suburbiis in 1484, Suburbium in 1515, Dubteczense Suburbium in 1589, Przedmyesczye in 1489, Suburbium in 1515, Dubteczense Suburbium in 1589, and as
Przedmieście Dubieckie in 1678,
– in Ukrainian as Peredmistie in 1851,
– in Polish as Przedmieście Dubieckie in 1888 and 1966.
Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 1997, Volume IX, page 293.
Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Przedmieście Dubieckie. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:
Przedmieście Dubieckie, village, Przemyśl, Dubiecko gmina, 2 kilometers northwest of Dubiecko: opidum Dubyeczsko cum Suburbio 1441 AGZ XI no. 1371; Suburbium ante Dubeczsko 1458 AGZ XI no. 3433; opidum Dubyeczko cum Suburbiis 1484, Przedmyesczye 1489 AGZ XVI no. 1647, 1940; Suburbium 1515, Dubteczense Suburbium 1589 ŻDz XVIII/1, 149, 48; Przedmieście Dubieckie 1678 AGZ XXII 39; Peredmistie 1851 Sch 124; Przedmieście Dubieckie 1888 SG IX 137; Przedmieście Dubieckie, -cia -kiego, Przedmieście Dubieckie 1966 UN 67, 11. – From the appellative [common word] przedmieście, Ukrainian: peredmistie, Latin: suburbium. In the juxtaposed name, a locating element from the name of the city of Dubiecko. Lit.: SHGSk III 68; MakSk 134. BCz
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