No. 355 in Polish
ziemi
"Ziemi" means "of the Earth" or "of the ground" in English, depending on context.
In a sentence
Lubię zapach ziemi po deszczu.
I like the smell of soil after the rain.
The word 'ziemi' here is used to mean 'soil', referring to the ground.
Ziemi nasi przodkowie zawsze bronili z honorem.
Our ancestors always defended the earth with honor.
Here, 'ziemi' is used in the broader sense of 'the land' or 'the earth', representing a country or homeland.
Nie mogę znaleźć mapy ziemi w pobliskiej bibliotece.
I cannot find a map of the Earth in the nearby library.
In this case, 'ziemi' is used to denote the planet Earth in a spatial/geographical context.
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