Pomerania en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniə/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Pomerania, from German Pommern, from Proto-Slavic *pomorьjane pl (“coast dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *pomorьje (“seaboard”).
Meanings
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A former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a geographic region of Central Europe split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea.
Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:Between them hangs the potato kingdom, Pomerania, with its fields of white potato blossoms, tufts of dense forest, and seaside lagoons inhabited by wild swans.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 626:
Deriveds
Pomeranian · Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Translations (33)
la Pomerānia (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · sv Pommern (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · hy Պոմերանիա (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · pl Pomorze (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · fur Pomeranie (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · cs Pomořansko (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · lt Pomeranijos (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · it Pomerania (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · el Πομερανία (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · sl Pomeranija (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · mt Pomeranja (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · sh Pomorje (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · pt Pomerânia (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · csb Pòmòrskô (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · ru Помера́ния (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · da Pommern (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · mr पॉमेरानिया (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · fr Poméranie (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · cmn 波美拉尼亞 /波美拉尼亚 (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · ota پومرانیا (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · ka პომერანია (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · hi पॉमेरेनिया (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · es Pomerania (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · de Pommern (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · ca Pomerània (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · fi Pommeri (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · hsb Pomorska (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · oc Pomerania (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · is Pommern (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · nl Pommeren (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · sh Померанија (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · cu Поморьѥ (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) · be Памера́нія (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea)