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Grażyna is a Polish feminine given name. The name was created by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for the main character of his 1823 poem Grażyna. The name is derived from the Lithuanian adjective gražus, meaning "pretty", "beautiful".
Diminutives/ hypocoristics include Grasia, Grazia, Grażynka, Grażka, Grażusia.
In Polish tradition, the name days for Grażyna are April 1 and July 26.
Grażyna is a Polish given name.
Grażyna may also refer to:
- Grażyna, Masovian Voivodeship, a village in Poland
- "Grażyna" (poem), an 1823 poem by Adam Mickiewicz
Grażyna is an 1823 narrative poem by Adam Mickiewicz, written in the summer of 1822 during a year-long sabbatical in Vilnius, while away from his teaching duties in Kowno (present day Kaunas). Probably his first notable work.
The poem describes the exploits of a mythical Lithuanian chieftainess Grażyna against the forces of the medieval Order of the Teutonic Knights. The woman character is believed to have been based on Mickiewicz's own sweetheart from Kowno, Karolina Kowalska. The name was originally conceived by Mickiewicz himself, having used the root of the Lithuanian adjective gražus, meaning "beautiful".
It was said by Polish writer Christien Ostrowski to have inspired Emilia Plater, a military heroine of the November 1830 Uprising.