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silesia

[ UK /sa‍ɪlˈiːzi‍ə/ ]
[ US /sɪˈɫizə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings

How To Use silesia In A Sentence

  • Brenning conducted POW relief operations primarily in Silesia, working out of Breslau. Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
  • My Silesian cousin, who now lives in Germany, told me to use stock instead of boiling water – well, yes, this is tastier, but I consider it western decadence. Family life
  • Just at the moment Spartacus expects to embark his army and followers aboard the Silesian ships, news of betrayal and of Roman armies converging on his position causes Spartacus to radically revise his plans.
  • The voice had a faint Silesian accent, blurred by the hint of a lisp, and it took me back over twenty years. TOY SHOP
  • Do we hear daily of the plight of the Silesian Germans? The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews
  • On 31 August 1939, German SS soldiers set up an attack on one of their own radio stations at the Polish-German border and the Germans broadcast a message, in Polish, urging Poles to kill the Germans who resided in the Silesian region. 2010 January — Fusion Despatches
  • In October 1939, Nazi Germany annexed the Polish town of Oswiecim, renamed it Auschwitz and incorporated it into its gau (province) of Oberschlesien (Upper Silesia) as part of the Landkreis (county) of Bielitz. Alex Storozynski: The Wall Street Journal understands history, when will the rest of the American media?
  • And somehow I have to find out if I can file a tax return in Upper Mongolia, Outer Silesia and Atlantis, after brushing up on my language skills in Mongolian, Silesian and Atlantisian. Archive 2007-02-01
  • My name seems to have its origins in Silesia where my father's family originated and there is a town in Poland now called Harold Kroto - Autobiography
  • Moreover, there were similar disparities in wealth and status: magnates of the Silesian nobility had little in common with backwoodsmen like the Prussian Junkers.
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