Silesia

See also: silesia, silesià, Silésia, and Silèsia

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Two theories are prominent: a relation to the Germanic Silingi tribe, whose name is attested in Ancient Greek Σιλίγγαι (Silíngai). Or, from Old Polish ślęg, śląg meaning "dampness, humidity, moisture." More at Ślęża and Silesia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Silesia

2. A cultural region of 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

• Czech Silesia
• Lower Silesia
• Silesian
• sleaze
• sleazy
• Upper Silesia

Translations

region

• Arabic: سِيلِيزْيَا f (silīzyā)
• Armenian: Սիլեզիա (Silezia)
• Asturian: Silesia (ast)
• 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 (pt) 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 cultural region of 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

• silesiano

Related terms

• silesio