Westphalian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
  2. Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
  3. Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  2. One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
  3. A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
name
  1. A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.

Pronunciation

/wɛstˈfeɪljən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Westphalian.wav

Word forms

Westphalian Westfalian Westphalians the Westphalian

Etymology

From Westphalia + -an.

Synonyms

Related words

Derived words

East Westphalian North Rhine-Westphalian post-Westphalian pre-Westphalian South Westphalian Westphalian ham Westphalian Peace Westphalian sovereignty
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