Westphalia

English

Proper noun

Westphalia

1. (geography, politics) Westfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
2. (geography) Westfalen, a region of Germany in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
3. (geography, historical) A former realm of Germany
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

4. A city in Iowa.
5. A city in Kansas.
6. A village in Michigan.
7. A city in Missouri.

Related terms

• Eastphalia

Translations

province of Germany

• Catalan: Westfàlia
• Czech: Vestfálsko n
• French: Westphalie (fr) f
• German: Westfalen (de)
• Italian: Westfalia f
• Latin: Vestphalia, VVestphalia, Westphalia
• Limburgish: Wesfale
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• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Westfalen f

  German Low German: Westfalen, Westfolen (Paderbornisch), Westfaolen (Münsterländisch)

• Portuguese: Vestfália (pt) f, Vestefália f, Westfália (pt) f
• Romanian: Westfalia
• Russian: Вестфалия (ru) f (Vestfalija)
• Spanish: Westfalia, Vestfalia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛstˈfeɪljə/

Further reading

• Westphalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Westphalia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “Westphalia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.