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Westphalia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /wɛstˈfeɪ̯ljə/
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Westphalia, from Middle Low German Westvâlen, ultimately from the root of German Westfalen, which see. Related to Low German Westfaolen.

Meanings

1. Westfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
2. Westfalen (a region of Germany in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony)
3. (historical) A former realm of Germany.
   • 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:
4. A city in Iowa.
5. A city in Kansas.
6. A village in Michigan.
7. A city in Missouri.

Deriveds

Westphalian

Relateds

Eastphalia

Translations (30)

ar وِيسْتْفَالِن (region of Germany) · ar وِسْتْفَالِيَا (region of Germany) · ar وِسْتْفَالِن (region of Germany) · pt Vestfália (region of Germany) · es Vestfalia (region of Germany) · it Westfalia (region of Germany) · pt Vestefália (region of Germany) · el Βεστφαλία (region of Germany) · ru Вестфалия (region of Germany) · nds Westfaolen (region of Germany) · nds Westfolen (region of Germany) · ka ვესტფალია (region of Germany) · la Vestphalia (region of Germany) · fi Westfalen (region of Germany) · es Westfalia (region of Germany) · la Westphalia (region of Germany) · de Westfalen (region of Germany) · ca Westfàlia (region of Germany) · la VVestphalia (region of Germany) · cs Vestfálsko (region of Germany) · ar وَسْتْفَالِيَا (region of Germany) · nl Westfalen (region of Germany) · cmn 威斯特法倫 /威斯特法伦 (region of Germany) · nds Westfalen (region of Germany) · lv Vestfālene (region of Germany) · fr Westphalie (region of Germany) · pt Westfália (region of Germany) · ro Westfalia (region of Germany) · za Veihswhdwzfazliya (region of Germany) · li Wesfale (region of Germany)