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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRACOWES

CRACOWES Cra "cowes (kr "kz ), n. pl.

Defn: Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century. Fairholt.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Cracow

Crac ow |ˈkräkˌou, ˈkräˌko͞of ˈkrɑkaʊ | an industrial and college city in southern Poland, on the Vistula River; pop 754,624 (2008 ). It was the capital of Poland from 1320 until it was replaced by Warsaw in 1609. Polish name Kraków.

Oxford Dictionary

Cracow

Cracow |ˈkrakaʊ | an industrial and university city in southern Poland, on the River Vistula; pop. 754,624 (2008 ). It was the capital of Poland from 1320 until replaced by Warsaw in 1609. Polish name Kraków.