West Prussia


noun
  1. a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.

  • German West·preus·sen [vest-proi-suhn]. /ˌvɛstˈprɔɪ sən/.

Other words from West Prussia

  • West Prussian, adjective, noun

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How to use West Prussia in a sentence

  • In West Prussia the extermination or amalgamation of the native Lithuanians was earlier.

    The Ethnology of Europe | Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for West Prussia

West Prussia

noun
  1. a former province of NE Prussia, on the Baltic: assigned to Poland in 1945: German name: Westpreussen (ˈvɛstprɔysən)

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