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.
Volume X of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski lists three places called Radoszyce. The first is currently in Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Voivodeship, the second is currently in Podkarpackie (Subcarpathian)Voivodeship, and the third is currently in Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesian) Voivodeship. The village currently in Podkarpackie Voivodeship is described here.
Nazwy Miejscowe Polski indicates that the Radoszyce was in the Komańcza Gmina, Krosno Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998, and is 12 kilometers southwest of Szczawne. The name of the village was written as Radoczicze in 1361, “campum dictum Radoszycze” in 1441, “Radosycze de Radoszyczy” in 1468, Bodoczycze in 1473, Brodvszycze in 1476, Radoszycze in 1515, Radożyce in 1554, “w Radoszycach” in 1600, Radoszyce in 1618 and 1786, Radošyca in 1851, Radožyče in 1860, Radoszyce in 1888, and Radoszyce, -szyc, radoszycki in 1965. In Lemko, the village was called Radoszyci.
Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, and Urszula Bijak, eds., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 2015, Volume X, page 51.
Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Radoszyce. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:
Radoszyce (2), village, Krosno voivodeship [in the years 1975-1998], Komańcza gmina, 12 kilometers southwest of Szczawne: Radoczicze (!) (1361) KMłp III 143; campum dictum Radoszycze (1441) 1470 ZDM VIII 141; Radosycze de Radoszyczy 1468 AGZ XVI nr 3226; Bodoszycze (!) 1473, Brodvszycze (!) 1476 SHGSk III 74; Radoszycze 1515 ŹDz XVIII/1, 150; in Radożyce 1554, in Radoszycach 1600 RZł 49, 139; Radoszyce 1618 AGZ XX 168; Radoszyce 1786 MJ 19, XV, 15, 109; Radošyca 1851, Radožyče 1860 Sch 153, 120; Radoszyce 1888 SG IX 442–3; Radoszyce, -szyc, radoszycki 1965 UN 71, 34; Lemko: Radoszyci. Lithuanian: SHGSk III 74–5; MakSk 137; RiegŁemk 202. Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch
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