Westphalian

English

Etymology

From Westphalia +‎ -an.

Adjective

Westphalian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
2. Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
3. 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.

Derived terms

• North Rhine-Westphalian
• post-Westphalian
• pre-Westphalian
• Westphalian Peace
• Westphalian sovereignty

 

Related terms

• (region): Eastphalia
• Eastphalian

Translations

pertaining to Westphalia or its people and culure

• Czech: vestfálský
• Finnish: westfalenilainen
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• French: westphalien (fr)
• German: westfälisch (de)
• Low German: westfölisk (Paderbornisch)

Noun

Westphalian (plural Westphalians)

1. Someone from Westphalia
2. One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
3. (geology, uncountable) A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
4. A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.

Synonyms

• (dialect group): Westfalish

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

• Czech: Vestfálec m
• Finnish: westfalenilainen
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• French: Westphalien (fr) m, Westphalienne (fr) f
• German: Westfale (de) m, Westfälin (de) f (female)
• Low German: Westfölinger (Paderbornisch; in plural)

group of dialects spoken in Westphalia

• German: Westfälisch (de) n, westfälisches Platt n, westfälisches Plattdeutsch n
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geological period

• Italian: Westfaliano m
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breed of Westphalian horse

• Finnish: westfaleninhevonen
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• German: Westfale (de) m

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.