Westphalia

American  

[west-fey-lee-uh, -feyl-yuh] / wɛstˈfeɪ li ə, -ˈfeɪl yə /

noun

1. a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.

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Westphalia British  

/ wɛstˈfeɪlɪə /

noun

1. German name: Westfalen.  a historic region of NW Germany, now mostly in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Other Word Forms

• Westphalian adjective

Example Sentences

Since the modern nation-state system was organized by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1688, state sovereignty has been the bedrock of international law.

From Los Angeles Times

"We know that there is a lot of money circulating right now," Stephanie Thien, head of the state office for combating financial crime in North-Rhine Westphalia, told AFP.

From Barron's

He grew up on a farm in North Rhine–Westphalia state’s Muensterland region, hundreds of kilometers northwest of Bavaria, so he did not grow up wearing the leather pants like some country boys in southern Germany still do.

From Seattle Times

In North Rhine Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, consumer prices in August rose 0.5% month-on-month and 5.9% year-on-year.

From Reuters

The inflation rate rose to 6.2% in North-Rhine Westphalia and Bavaria, while rising to 6.7% in Brandenburg, 6.1% in Hesse and 6.9% in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

From Reuters