Silesia

See also: silesia, silesià, Silésia, and Silèsia

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Two theories are prominent: a relation to the Germanic Silingi tribe, whose name derives from Ancient Greek Σιλίγγαι (Silíngai), itself possibly from Silesian for "swampy place." Or, from Old Polish ślęg, śląg, themselves cognate with the same Silesian source and meaning "dampness, humidity, moisture." More at Ślęża and Silesia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /saɪˈliːziə/, /saɪˈliːʃə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /saɪˈliʒə/

Proper noun

Silesia

1. A region in central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities).

Derived terms

• Silesian
• sleaze
• sleazy
• Upper Silesia

 

Translations

region

• Arabic: سِيلِيزْيَا‎ f (silīzyā)
• Armenian: Սիլեզիա (Silezia)
• Basque: Silesia
• Belarusian: Сіле́зія f (Siljézija), Шлёнск m (Šljonsk)
• Bulgarian: Силе́зия f (Silézija)
• Catalan: Silèsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里西亞／西里西亚 (zh) (Xīlǐxīyà)

• Czech: Slezsko (cs) n
• Danish: Schlesien
• Dutch: Silezië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Silezio
• Estonian: Sileesia
• Finnish: Sleesia (fi)
• French: Silésie (fr) f
• Friulian: Slesie f
• Georgian: სილეზია (silezia)
• German: Schlesien (de) n

  East Central German: Schläsing f (Silesian)

• Greek: Σιλεσία (Silesía)
• Hebrew: שלזיה‎
• Hungarian: Szilézia (hu)
• Icelandic: Slésía f
• Irish: an tSiléis f
• Italian: Slesia (it) f
• Japanese: シレジア (Shirejia)
• Korean: 슐롱스크 (Syullongseukeu), 실레지아 (Sillejia)
• Latin: Silesia (la) f
• Latvian: Silēzija f
• Lithuanian: Silezija f
• Luxembourgish: Schlesien
• Macedonian: Шлеска f (Šleska)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Schlesien n

  Nynorsk: Schlesien n

• Polish: Śląsk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Silésia f
• Romanian: Silezia f
• Russian: Силе́зия (ru) f (Silézija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шлеска

  Roman: Šleska (sh)

• Silesian: Ślōnsk m
• Slovak: Sliezsko n
• Slovene: Šlesija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Šlazyńska f

• Spanish: Silesia f
• Swedish: Schlesien (sv)
• Turkish: Silezya
• Ukrainian: Сілезія (Silezija)
• Upper Sorbian: Šleska
• Yiddish: שלעסינג‎ n (shlesing)

Anagrams

• liaises

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈlesja/ [siˈle.sja]
• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: Si‧le‧sia

Proper noun

Silesia f

1. Silesia (a historical region in Central Europe, shared between the Czech Republic and Poland)

Derived terms

• silesiano

 

Related terms

• silesio