Schlesien
German name of Silesia.
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How to use Schlesien in a sentence
The total area of Schlesien is counted to be some 20,000 square miles, nearly the third of England Proper.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleTwenty years of great trouble in Poland, which were of lasting benefit to Schlesien.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleWho first lived in Schlesien, or lived long since in it, there is no use in asking, nor in telling if one knew.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleIn all other parts Teutsch reigns; and Schlesien is a green abundant Country; full of metallurgy, damask-weaving, grain-husbandry.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleConsiderable recruiting in Schlesien: six hundred recruits have enlisted in Breslau alone.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for Schlesien
/ (ˈʃleːziən) /
the German name for Silesia
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