Westphalian

English

Etymology

From Westphalia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛstˈfeɪljən/

Adjective

Westphalian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith. Courtiers.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 259:

     Then comes the imperative necessity of eating smoked Westphalian ham for breakfast: this is on the principle that imitation is the most delicate flattery.

2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
3. (politics) Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
   • 2006 April 10, Fei-Ling Wang, “Heading off fears of a resurgent China”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The long stagnation and despotism under the Chinese world order in East Asia before the late 19th century are thus pretentiously repackaged as China's alternative to the Western-dominated, Westphalian system of international relations.

Derived terms

• North Rhine-Westphalian
• post-Westphalian
• pre-Westphalian
• Westphalian ham
• Westphalian Peace
• Westphalian sovereignty

 

Related terms

• (region): Eastphalia
• Eastphalian

Translations

pertaining to Westphalia or its people and culure

• Belarusian: вестфальскі (vjestfalʹski)
• Catalan: westfalià
• Czech: vestfálský (cs)
• Finnish: westfalenilainen
• French: westphalien (fr)
• Georgian: ვესტფალიური (vesṭpaliuri), ვესტფალიის (vesṭpaliis)
• German: westfälisch (de)
• Greek: βεστφαλικός (el) m (vestfalikós), βεστφαλική f (vestfalikí), βεστφαλικό n (vestfalikó)
• Italian: vestfaliano (it)
• Low German: westfölisk (Paderbornisch)
• Polish: westfalski (pl)
• Russian: вестфальский (ru) (vestfalʹskij)
• Slovak: vestfálsky
• Spanish: westfaliano
• Ukrainian: вестфа́льський (vestfálʹsʹkyj)

Noun

Westphalian (plural Westphalians)

1. Someone from Westphalia
2. One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
3. (geology, uncountable) A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
4. A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.

Synonyms

• (dialect group): Westfalish

Meronyms

• (dialect group): Münsterländisch, South Westphalian, Westmünsterländisch

Holonyms

• (dialect group): Low German, Low Saxon

Derived terms

• (person): North Rhine-Westphalian (from North Rhine-Westphalia)

Related terms

• (person, dialect group): Eastphalian

Translations

someone from Westphalia

• Catalan: westfalià m, westfaliana f
• Czech: Vestfálec (cs) m
• Finnish: westfalenilainen
• French: Westphalien (fr) m, Westphalienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ვესტფალიელი (vesṭpalieli)
• German: Westfale (de) m, Westfälin (de) f (female)
• Greek: Βεστφαλός (el) m (Vestfalós), Βεστφαλή (el) f (Vestfalí)
• Italian: vestfaliano (it)
• Low German: Westfölinger (Paderbornisch; in plural)

group of dialects spoken in Westphalia

• Dutch: Westfaals (nl) n
• German: Westfälisch (de) n, westfälisches Platt n, westfälisches Plattdeutsch n

geological period

• Catalan: westfalià m
• Italian: Westfaliano m

breed of Westphalian horse

• Finnish: westfaleninhevonen
• German: Westfale (de) m

References

• “Westphalian”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “Westphalian”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.