silesian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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There is no reference to Christmas in the carol, which Anschütz based on a much older Silesian folk love song.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022
So much, then, is on the line for the two players in the game at the Silesian Stadium — and Ibrahimovic won’t be in the best position to influence it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2022
The same conditions of inequality that produced the Silesian typhus epidemic would soon foment a political revolution in Germany, and Dr. Virchow’s investigation helped turn him into a political revolutionary.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021
“The plutocracy, which draw very large amounts from the Upper Silesian mines, did not recognize Upper Silesians as human beings, but only as tools,” he wrote in his 1848 report on the typhus epidemic.
From Scientific American • May 13, 2021
The Kepler family arrived in the Silesian town of Sagan to start their new lives in July 1628.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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