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silesia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun silesia has 2 senses
- silesia(n = noun.location) schlesien, slask, slezsko - a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland; Array is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
- silesia(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings; Array is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile
is a part of europe
CIDE DICTIONARY
silesia, n.
- A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia. [1913 Webster]
- A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings. [1913 Webster]
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