Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Silesia

Si-le′si-a

,

Noun.

1.

A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

2.

A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.

Definition 2024

Silesia

Silesia

See also: silesia and Silésia

English

Proper noun

Silesia

A region of central Europe, spanning parts of present-day Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Derived terms

Silesian

Translations

region

Arabic: سِيلِيزْيَا f ‎(silīzyā)
Basque: Silesia
Belarusian: Сіле́зія f ‎(Siljézija), Шлёнск m ‎(Šljónsk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西里西亞 (zh), 西里西亚 (zh) ‎(Xīlǐxīyà)
Czech: Slezsko (cs) n
Danish: Schlesien
Dutch: Silezië (nl)
Finnish: Sleesia (fi)
French: Silésie (fr) f
German: Schlesien (de) n
Greek: Σιλεσία ‎(Silesía)
Hebrew: שלזיה
Hungarian: Szilézia (hu)
Icelandic: Slésía f
Italian: Slesia (it) f
Japanese: シレジア ‎(Shirejia)

Korean: 슐롱스크 ‎(Syullongseukeu), 실레지아 ‎(Sillejia)
Latin: Silesia (la) f
Luxembourgish: Schlesien
Norwegian:

Bokmål: Schlesien n

Nynorsk: Schlesien n
Polish: Śląsk (pl) m
Portuguese: Silésia f
Russian: Силе́зия f ‎(Silézija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Шлеска

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

Anagrams

liaises

Spanish

Proper noun

Silesia f

Silesia (region)

silesia

silesia

See also: Silesia and Silésia

English

Noun

silesia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural silesias)

Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
- 1910, H G Wells: The History of Mr Polly, p 27:
  "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.