Silesia

See also: silesia and Silésia

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /saɪˈliːʃə/
(US) IPA^(key): /saɪˈliʒə/

Proper noun

Silesia

A region of 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).

Derived terms

Translations

region

Arabic: سِيلِيزْيَا‎ f (silīzyā)
Armenian: Սիլեզիա (Silezia)
Basque: Silesia
Belarusian: Сіле́зія f (Siljézija), Шлёнск m (Šljonsk)
Bulgarian: Силезия f (Silezija)
Catalan: Silèsia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西里西亞 (zh), 西里西亚 (zh) (Xīlǐxīyà)
Czech: Slezsko (cs) n
Danish: Schlesien
Dutch: Silezië (nl)
East Central German: Schläsing (Silesian)
Esperanto: Silezio
Estonian: Sileesia
Finnish: Sleesia (fi)
French: Silésie (fr) f
Georgian: სილეზია (silezia)
German: Schlesien (de) n
Greek: Σιλεσία (Silesía)
Hebrew: שלזיה‎
Hungarian: Szilézia (hu)
Icelandic: Slésía f
Irish: an tSiléis f
Italian: Slesia (it) f
Japanese: シレジア (Shirejia)
Korean: 슐롱스크 (Syullongseukeu), 실레지아 (Sillejia)

Latin: Silesia (la) f
Latvian: Silēzija f
Lithuanian: Silezija f
Luxembourgish: Schlesien
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Schlesien n

Nynorsk: Schlesien n
Polish: Śląsk (pl) m
Portuguese: Silésia f
Romanian: Silezia f
Russian: Силе́зия (ru) f (Silézija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Шлеска

Roman: Šleska (sh)
Silesian: Ślůnsk
Slovak: Sliezsko n
Slovene: Šlesija f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Šlazyńska
Spanish: Silesia f
Swedish: Schlesien (sv)
Turkish: Silezya
Ukrainian: Сілезія (Silezija)
Upper Sorbian: Šleska
Yiddish: שלעסינג‎ n (shlesing)

Anagrams

liaises

Spanish

Proper noun

Silesia f

Silesia (region)

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