Radiowo
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Radiowo | |
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Neighbourhood and City Information System area | |
 Arkuszowa Street in Radiowo, in 2023. | |
 The location of Radiowo within the district of Bielany, in accordance to the divisions of the City Information System. | |
| Coordinates: 52°17′04.11″N 20°53′52.38″E / 52.2844750°N 20.8978833°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| City and county | Warsaw |
| District | Bielany |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
Radiowo (Polish: [raˈdjɔ.vɔ]) is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Bielany.
In the 17th century, within current boundaries of the neighbourhood was founded the settlement of Opaleń, and later, in the 18th century, there was founded the village of Gać, later renamed to Radiowo. Both were incorporated into the city of Warsaw in 1951.
Radiowo was originally named Gać, with the oldest records of said name being used dating to 1789. In Polish language gać is an archaic term, meaning a material used in isolating house walls. The name of the village was also recorded as Gorczewska Gaca in 1793, and as Gać Górcowska in 1794. The names referred to the nearby village of Górce, which most likely owned Gać at the time.[1]
In the 19th century, Gać became also alternatively known as Floryanów, with both names being used interchangeably. Alternatively, names Florianowo, and Floriany, were also used. The name came from the name Florian, and according to some historians, referred to Florian Znamierowski (1761–1829), a nobleperson who owned Gać and Górce in the 19th century.[1]
In the 20th century, a part of the village became a separate settlement, known as Gać-Floriany (or Gać-Florianowo).[1][2]
In March 1938, the population of Gać voted in unanimity to change the name of the village to Radiowo, which could be loosely translated from Polish to Radioville. One of main reasons of the name change, was a close resemblance of Gać to word gacie which in Polish means underwear. The name Radiowo was inspired by the nearby Transatlantic Radiotelegraph Exchange.[1]
The Fort IIA, located to the south of the village also became colloquially known as Fort Radiowo.[3] In 1997, the neighbourhood, and the City Information System area in the district of Bemowo, was named Fort Radiowo after it.[4]
