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SILESIA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Silesia mean?

• SILESIA (noun)
The noun SILESIA has 2 senses:

1. a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
2. a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings

Familiarity information: SILESIA used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SILESIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Schlesien; Silesia; Slask; Slezsko

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Silesia" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("silesia" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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