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adj
Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
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adj
Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
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.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, politics
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name
A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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noun
One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
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noun
A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
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History
Etymology tree English Westphalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Westphalian From Westphalia + -an.
Across languages
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