A city in southwestern Poland; pop. 349,000. It is the industrial center of the Silesian coal-mining region
an industrial city of southern Poland
Katowice (Katowicy, Kattowitz, Katovice) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Klodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of the Oder and the Vistula respectively).
(senate) assembly possessing high legislative powers
A member of a senate
a member of a senate
(senatorship) the office of senator
A code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
An establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite
In French contexts an hotel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hotel particulier was often free-standing, and by the eighteenth