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Former German duchy known for a breed of dog
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pomerania
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
region and former province of Prussia on the Baltic coast of modern Poland (German Pommern , Polish Pomorze ), Medieval Latin, from Pomerani , name of a Slavic tribe there, from Polish po morze "by the sea."
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Pomerania (; ) is a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe , split between Germany and Poland . The name derives from the Slavic po more , meaning "by the sea". Pomerania stretches roughly from the Recknitz river in the west to ...
Usage examples of pomerania.
On the rare occasions when he spoke of his own affairs it was observed that he began to talk more about Pomerania and less about the great world of art.
His wife had a secure home now, much better than the farmhouse she had shared with cows in Pomerania, and his son had a proud position in the school band: youngest member, and best trumpeter.
I have studied up on poisons from Pomerania digitalis to Sauvresy aconite.
She and the Mosebachs had gone tobogganing on the only hill that Pomerania boasted.
It was fun, but overcrowded, for the rest of Pomerania had gone there too.
I had to summon all my powers of self-restraint to my assistance when I heard this extravagant proposal as coming from a man who was so discreet in most things, but my astonishment was increased when I saw the abode of these fifteen young noblemen of rich Pomerania.