Westphalia

[west-fey-lee-uh, -feyl-yuh]

noun

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

German Westfalen.

Related formsWest·pha·li·an, adjective, noun

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Historical Examples of westphalian

It is stated, for example, to be very common among the Westphalian peasantry.
Clairvoyance
Charles Webster Leadbeater
The Westphalian peasants also are noted for the power of Second Sight.
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
William Walker Atkinson
The chief meeting-place of the Westphalian consistory was Cassel.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
Since 1889 the 13th (1st Westphalian) Infantry has borne his name.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4
Various
And bayoneted two officers of the Westphalian commissariat, wounding a third.
The Day of Wrath
Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for westphalian

Westphalian

adjective

of or relating to the historic German region of Westphalia or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Westphalia

Westphalia

noun

a historic region of NW Germany, now mostly in the state of North Rhine-WestphaliaGerman name: Westfalen

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