Upper Silesia

noun

1. a highly industrialized region divided between Germany and Poland after World War I.

Upper Silesia

noun

1. a region of SW Poland, formerly ruled by Germany: coal mining and other heavy industry

Example Sentences

The whole proposal was contingent on the retention of Upper Silesia and the removal of all impediments to German trade.

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The province of Upper Silesia was asked for on grounds which the Poles, at any rate, thought convincing.

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It is the most extensive foundry in Upper Silesia, and was only erected in 1839.

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The argument in the text assumes that Upper Silesia will cease to be German.

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The workshop of the great rail-forge of Knigshtte in Upper Silesia is full of heat and steam.

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