English Explanatory Dictionary

Pomeranian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
  2. Of or relating to Pomerania.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
  2. A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.
name
  1. Pomeranian Low German.
  2. The Kashubian language.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian (dog)

Pronunciation

/ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/ /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pomeranian.wav

Word forms

Pomeranian more Pomeranian most Pomeranian Pomeranians

Etymology

From Pomerania + -an. Through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”), distant doublet of pomegranate, whose first element is from Latin pomum, which itself is from Proto-Italic *poomos (“taken off > fruit”).

Synonyms

Pom Pommy Pome Pomeranian spitz Zwergspitz

Derived words

East Pomeranian Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomapoo Pomsky pugeranian

Translations

Bulgarian: померански Catalan: pomerani Finnish: pommerilainen French: poméranien French: poméranienne Friulian: pomeran German: pommersch German: pommerisch Greek: πομερανικός Greek: πομερανική Greek: πομερανικό Hungarian: pomerániai Irish: Pomaerach Irish: Pomaránach Italian: pomerano Kashubian: pòmòrsczi Kazakh: поморлық Ligurian: pomeran Polish: pomorski Portuguese: pomerano Russian: помера́нский Upper Sorbian: pomorski Spanish: pomerano
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