“Wola” in place names – what it stands for
Wola – in old Polish, the word’s meaning was identical to that of “freedom”. Therefore, the word “wola” became a part of a name for a piece of empty land given to settlers for a certain number of years, one on which they did not have to do any service for a local lord and were not bound by rent or villeinage. The second part of such a place name was derived from the main…