Schlesien

[ shley-zee-uhn ]

noun

1. German name of Silesia.

Schlesien

/ ˈʃleːziən /

noun

1. See Silesia
   the German name for Silesia

Example Sentences

The total area of Schlesien is counted to be some 20,000 square miles, nearly the third of England Proper.

From Project Gutenberg

Twenty years of great trouble in Poland, which were of lasting benefit to Schlesien.

From Project Gutenberg

Who first lived in Schlesien, or lived long since in it, there is no use in asking, nor in telling if one knew.

From Project Gutenberg

In all other parts Teutsch reigns; and Schlesien is a green abundant Country; full of metallurgy, damask-weaving, grain-husbandry.

From Project Gutenberg

Considerable recruiting in Schlesien: six hundred recruits have enlisted in Breslau alone.

From Project Gutenberg