Łowiczans
Ksinzoki (Księżak dialect of Polish) | |
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Traditional księżak clothing | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Poland (Duchy of Łowicz) | |
| Languages | |
| Polish (Masovian dialect group, Łowicz dialect) | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Poles, Masovians |
Łowiczans (Polish: Łowiczanie) also known as the Łowicz Księżaks (Polish: Księżacy łowiccy, literally "Łowicz Duchy folk"; singular: Księżak łowicki) is an ethnographic group of Polish people, that are part of the ethnographic subgroup of Masovians. They originate from the historical region known as the Duchy of Łowicz (Księstwo łowickie) around the cities of Łowicz and Skierniewice in south-western Masovia, located within borders of the Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. The group speaks the Łowicz dialect of the Masovian dialect group of Polish.