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Silesia

Noun CEFR B1
saɪˈliːziə

Definitions

  1. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
  2. A cultural region of Central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities).

Equivalents

EspañolSilesia
FrançaisSilésie
DeutschSchlesien
16 more languages
Catalàsilesià
SuomiSleesia
MagyarSzilézia
ÍslenskaSlésía
ItalianoSlesia
日本語シレジア
NederlandsSilezië
PolskiŚląsk
PortuguêsSilésia
RomânăSilezia
РусскийСилезия
SlovenčinaSliezsko
УкраїнськаСілезія

Examples

“"Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.”

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