What is "gwiazda"

Gwiazda may refer to:

• Andrzej Gwiazda (born 1935), in Gdańsk engineer and prominent opposition leader
• Gwiazda Lake, ribbon lake situated in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Bytów County
• Gwiazda Polski, balloon designed by the Polish planners to reach the stratosphere
• Henry Gwiazda (born 1952), composer who specializes in virtual audio (simulation of a 3D sound space)
• Joanna Duda-Gwiazda (born 1939), wife of Andrzej Gwiazda, Polish politician
• Gwiazda (newspaper) (1902–1985), Philadelphia newspaper published in Polish

Gwiazda (Polish for “Star”) was a weekly newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Polish from 1902 to 1985, with an English section gradually introduced, starting in 1958.

The founder and publisher was the Polish-born Stephan Nowaczyk, a printer who immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1870s and started the newspaper in 1902 in his home in Port Richmond with used equipment. When he died in 1923, his wife, Francis, became the publisher, until 1935, when their daughter, Gertrude, became the last publisher, until 1985 when the paper was dissolved.