westphalian
/wɛstˈfeɪljən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
adj
Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
adj
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.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
noun
One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
noun
A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
name
A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
Example Sentences
- "Then comes the imperative necessity of eating smoked Westphalian ham for breakfast: this is on the principle that imitation is the most delicate flattery."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Westphalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Westphalian From Westphalia + -an.
Inflected Forms
Phrases
East Westphalian
North Rhine-Westphalian
post-Westphalian
pre-Westphalian
South Westphalian
Westphalian ham
Westphalian Peace
Westphalian sovereignty