silesia

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see also: Silesia

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Noun

silesia

1. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
   • 1910, H G Wells: The History of Mr Polly, p 27:

     "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.

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Silesia

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /saɪˈliːʃə/
• (America) IPA: /saɪˈliʒə/

Proper noun

1. A region in central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities).

Translations

• French: Silésie
• German: Schlesien
• Italian: Slesia
• Portuguese: Silésia
• Russian: Силе́зия
• Spanish: Silesia

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