Intermarium

English

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism from inter- (“between”) +‎ mare (“sea”) +‎ -ium; coined as a calque of Polish Międzymorze, from między (“between”) +‎ morze (“sea”).

Proper noun

Intermarium

1. (historical) A proposed geopolitical plan conceived by Józef Piłsudski, that sought to unite former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lands within a single polity.
   • 1989, Mark Aarons, Sanctuary: Nazi fugitives in Australia‎^[1], →ISBN, page 75:

     British and French intelligence took a great deal of interest in the re-emergence of Intermarium in late 1945, the French initially developing close contacts.

   • 2007, Jonathan Levy, The Intermarium: Wilson, Madison, & East Central European Federalism‎^[2], →ISBN, page 179:

     The Promethean League was thought to be the model for the Intermarium. According to this American report, the Intermarium was a Polish plan for regional federation and can be traced to Poles in Warsaw not Russian exiles in Paris or German military intelligence.

   • 2019, Ostap Kushnir, The Intermarium as the Polish-Ukrainian Linchpin of Baltic-Black Sea Cooperation‎^[3], →ISBN, page 52:

     To draw intermediary conclusions, the historical and contemporary interpretations of the Intermarium concept—which defines the lands between the Baltic and Black Seas—are very vague and diverse.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Intermarium.