Silesian
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Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia.
Silesian may also refer to:
People and languages
[edit]- Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West Slavic (for example Ślężanie), or Germanic people (Schlesier or Silingi)
- Silesian language, West Slavic language/dialect
- Silesian German language, the
Political divisions
[edit]- Province of Silesia, 1815–1919 and 1938 to 1941, a province of Prussia within Germany
- Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), an autonomous territorial unit of Poland (1920–1939)
- Silesian Voivodeship, a present-day division of Poland (see also Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
- Moravian-Silesian Region, a present-day division of Czech Republic
Other
[edit]- Silesian (series), a European subdivision of the Carboniferous period of the geological timescale
- Silesian horse
See also
[edit]- Silesia (disambiguation)
- Upper Silesian (disambiguation)
- Lower Silesian (disambiguation)
- Schlesinger
- Angelus Silesius, a baroque mystic from Silesia