Crossword clues for silesia
silesia
- European coal region
- Historical Oder River region
- Coal-rich region of central Europe
- Wroclaw's region
- Where the Oder flows
- Twilled cloth used for linings
- Region largely in southwest Poland
- Region in central Europe, now mostly in Poland
- Region divided by the Munich Pact and again by the Potsdam agreement
- Region centered on the upper Oder valley
- Polish region
- Mineral-rich areaof Poland
- Mineral-rich area of Poland
- Coal region of Poland
- Central European region
- Oder region
- A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore
- Annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
- A sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric
- Used for pockets and linings
- Coal region of central Europe
- Polish region along the Oder River
- Twilled fabric of European region
- Mineral-rich area of Europe
- European region, one Lassie abandoned
- Fabric close to crease in sail is damaged
- Region of central Europe
- Agreements from Spain about the French area in part of Europe
- Twilled fabric
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Silesia \Si*le"si*a\, n.
A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
former eastern German province, now southwestern Poland, from Latinized form of German Schliesen (Polish Śląsk), from the name of a river and a mountain there, from Silingi or Silingae, name of a Vandalic (Germanic) people who supposedly had a religious center at the mountain. Related: Silesian. In reference to cloth imported from there from 1670s, especially "a thin cotton cloth, commonly twilled, used for linings for women's dresses and men's garments."\n
Wiktionary
n. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
Wikipedia
Silesia ( or ; ; ; Silesian German: Schläsing; ; Silesian: Ślůnsk ; ) is a region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany. It has about and almost 8,000,000 inhabitants. Silesia is located along the Odra river. It consists of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia.
The region is rich in mineral and natural resources and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city is Wrocław (; ). The biggest metropolitan area is the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, the centre of which is Katowice. Parts of the Czech city of Ostrava fall within the borders of Silesia.
Silesia's borders and national affiliation have changed over time, both when it was a hereditary possession of noble houses and after the rise of modern nation-states. The first known states to hold power there were probably those of Greater Moravia at the end of the 9th century and Bohemia early in the 10th century. In the 10th century Silesia was incorporated into the early Polish state, and after its division in the 12th century became a Piast duchy. In the 14th century it became a constituent part of the Bohemian Crown Lands under the Holy Roman Empire, which passed to the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in 1526.
Most of Silesia was conquered by Prussia in 1742, later becoming part of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany up to 1945. The varied history with changing aristocratic possessions resulted in an abundance of castles in Silesia, especially in the Jelenia Góra valley. After World War I the easternmost part of this region, i.e. an eastern strip of Upper Silesia, was awarded to Poland by the Entente Powers after rebellions by Polish people and the Upper Silesian plebiscite. The remaining former Austrian parts of Silesia were partitioned to Czechoslovakia, and are today part of the Czech Republic. In 1945, after World War II the bulk of Silesia was transferred to Polish jurisdiction by the Potsdam Agreement of the victorious Allied Powers and became part of Poland. The small Lusatian strip west of the Oder-Neisse line, which belonged to Silesia since 1815, remained in Germany.
Most inhabitants of Silesia today speak the national languages of their respective countries ( Polish, Czech, both of which are Western Slavic dialects with some, albeit limited, mutual intelligibility). The population of Upper Silesia is native (with some immigrants from Poland who came in the 19th to 20th centuries), while Lower Silesia was settled by a German-speaking population before 1945. There is an ongoing debate whether a local Silesian speech should be considered a Polish dialect or a separate language. There is also a Lower Silesian German dialect, although today it is almost extinct.
Silesia is a historical region in Central Europe.
Historical territories of Silesia include:
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Silesia, split between the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland
- Lower Silesia, split between Germany and Poland
- Upper Silesia, split between the Czech Republic and Poland
- Czech Silesia, in the Czech Republic
- Austrian Silesia, in the former Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Bohemia
- Cieszyn Silesia, split between the Czech Republic and Poland
- Middle Silesia, in Poland
Administrative units of Silesia include:
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Province of Silesia, former Prussian province (1740–1919; 1938–1941)
- Province of Lower Silesia, former Prussian province (1919–1938; 1941–1945)
- Province of Upper Silesia, former Prussian province (1919–1938; 1941–1945)
- Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia (Austrian Silesia), former Austrian kronland (1742–1919)
- Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939) in Second Polish Republic
- Silesian Voivodeship (1945–1950) in People's Republic of Poland
- Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia, former Saxon district (1994–2008)
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in Poland (1999–)
- Silesian Voivodeship, in Poland (1999–)
- Opole Voivodeship, in Poland (1999–)
- Lubusz Voivodeship, in Poland (1999–)
- Moravian-Silesian Region, in the Czech Republic (2000–)
Religious bodies:
- Evangelical Church of Silesia, former Protestant united regional church body in Germany (1947–2004)
- Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession, a Lutheran regional church body in the Czech Republic
Silesia may also refer to:
- SS Silesia, a large 19th century passenger and cargo ship
Usage examples of "silesia".
Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia, on the left bank of the Oder, and on the Breslau and Beuthen railway, 27 m.
After this skirmish, the prince of Bevern, with the Prussian army under his command, retreated from Goerlitz to Rothen-berg, then passed the Queiss at Sygersdorff, from whence he marched to Buntzlau, in Silesia, and on the first of October reached Breslau, without suffering any loss, though the numerous army of the Austrians followed him for some days.
The king of Prussia having cleared all his part of Silesia, except the town of Schweidnitz, which he circumscribed with a blockade, sent detachments from his army cantoned in the neighbourhood of Breslau, to penetrate into the Austrian or southern part of Silesia, where they surprised Troppau and Jaggernsdorf, while he himself remained at Breslau, entertaining his officers with concerts of music.
The king of Prussia, being induced by a concurrence of motives to stop the progress of the Russians in Silesia, made his dispositions for retreating from Bohemia, and on the twenty-fifth day of July quitted the camp at Koningsgratz.
He visited all the posts which his troops possessed in Silesia, and gave the necessary orders for their security.
In the middle of Silesia, a region which is not as familiar to me as Koshnavia south of Konitz, the tank went into position and backed up, for purposes of camouflage, into a wooden shed which some Silesian glass blowers had filled with their products.
Its situation, close to the extensive coal and iron fields of Upper Silesia, in proximity to the Austrian and Russian frontiers, at the centre of a network of railways directly communicating both with these countries and with the chief towns of northern and central Germany, and on a deep waterway connecting with the Elbe and the Vistula, facilitates its very considerable transit and export trade in the products of the province and of the neighbouring countries.
She explained my idea to the cardinal, making him understand why Silesia was offended at having been conquered by the King of Prussia.
That was a fundamental rule of survival for the various pirates and rogue regimes of Silesia.
She read the sonnet over and over, and thought that the reproaches addressed by Silesia to Love were very just.
It was composed in praise of the King of Prussia, who had just conquered Silesia by a masterly stroke.
No one had officially suggested that the Andies might be contemplating making a move, however long-standing their ambitions in Silesia might have been, but he supposed it made sense for Zahn to consider the possibility very seriously.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think the Andies are about ready at last to push outright territorial demands on Silesia.
That's a much scarier possibility than some sort of tussle with the Andies over Silesia.
And you may have an opportunity to start doing it a bit sooner than you anticipated, as well, because we've been ordered to Silesia for antipiracy duties.