English Explanatory Dictionary

Pomerania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a geographic region of Central Europe split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pomerania.wav

Word forms

Pomerania

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pomerania, from German Pommern, from Proto-Slavic *pomorьjane pl (“coast dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *pomorьje (“seaboard”).

Derived words

Pomeranian Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
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