Westphalian
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
- Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
- 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
- A native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
- A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
name
- A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
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Etymology
From Westphalia + -an.
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