No. 10,272 in Polish
centrala
"Centrala" in Polish means "headquarters" or "central office."
In a sentence
Centrala telefoniczna została zainstalowana w firmie.
The telephone exchange was installed in the company.
Here, 'centrala' refers to a 'telephone exchange', a piece of equipment managing call routing.
Centrala naszej organizacji znajduje się w Warszawie.
The headquarters of our organization is located in Warsaw.
In this sentence, 'centrala' means the 'headquarters', an organization's main office.
Awaria w centrali spowodowała przerwę w dostawie prądu.
A failure at the central power station caused a power outage.
Here, 'centrala' denotes a 'central' facility, specifically a power station in this context.
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