SILESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Silesia mean? 

• SILESIA (noun)
  The noun SILESIA has 2 senses:

1. a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland

2. a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings

  Familiarity information: SILESIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Schlesien; Silesia; Slask; Slezsko

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Silesia" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("silesia" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

 Context examples 

Yes, I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She upset the tray of needles, forgot the silesia was to be 'twilled' till it was cut off, gave the wrong change, and covered herself with confusion by asking for lavender ribbon at the calico counter.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)