Westphalian
English
Etymology
From Westphalia + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛstˈfeɪljən/
Adjective
Westphalian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith. Courtiers.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 259:
- Then comes the imperative necessity of eating smoked Westphalian ham for breakfast: this is on the principle that imitation is the most delicate flattery.
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
- (politics) Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
- 2006 April 10, Fei-Ling Wang, “Heading off fears of a resurgent China”, in The New York Times:
- The long stagnation and despotism under the Chinese world order in East Asia before the late 19th century are thus pretentiously repackaged as China's alternative to the Western-dominated, Westphalian system of international relations.
Derived terms
- North Rhine-Westphalian
- post-Westphalian
- pre-Westphalian
- Westphalian ham
- Westphalian Peace
- Westphalian sovereignty
Related terms
- (region): Eastphalia
- Eastphalian
Translations
pertaining to Westphalia or its people and culure
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Noun
Westphalian (plural Westphalians)
- Someone from Westphalia
- One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
- (geology, uncountable) A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
- A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
Synonyms
- (dialect group): Westfalish
Meronyms
- (dialect group): Münsterländisch, South Westphalian, Westmünsterländisch
Holonyms
- (dialect group): Low German, Low Saxon
Derived terms
- (person): North Rhine-Westphalian (from North Rhine-Westphalia)
Related terms
- (person, dialect group): Eastphalian
Translations
someone from Westphalia
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group of dialects spoken in Westphalia
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geological period
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References
- “Westphalian”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “Westphalian”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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