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Westphalian
Variant of Westphalia
Westphalia
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West·pha·lia (west fā′lē ə, -fāl′yə)
region in NW Germany, a part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: formerly a duchy, a kingdom, and a province of Prussia (1816-1945); chief city, Münster: site, along with Osnabrück, of treaties (Peace of Westphalia) signed in 1648 that ended the Thirty Years' War
Related Forms:
- Westphalian West·pha′·lian adjective, noun
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