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Skierniewice
(skyrnyv´ts) (KEY) , town (1993 est. pop. 44,000), Lódzkie prov., E central Poland. It is a railway junction and manufacturing center where electrical goods, glass, and ceramics are produced. Chartered in 1463, it was a residence of the bishops of Gniezno (17th18th cent.). Skierniewice has a 17th-century episcopal palace.