Pomerania

Pomerania

See also: Pomerânia

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *po ("at," "by") + Proto-Slavic *morje ("sea")

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Pomerania

1. (geography) A region of Europe on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, originally a duchy, then a province of Prussia, and now an area shared by Germany and Poland.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Derived terms

• Pomeranian

Translations

region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea

Belarusian: Памера́нія f (Pamjeránija) Czech: Pomořansko n Danish: Pommern Dutch: Pommeren n Finnish: Pommeri (fi) French: Poméranie (fr) f Georgian: პომერანია (ṗomerania) German: Pommern (de) n Icelandic: Pommern Italian: Pomerania (it) f

Kashubian: Pòmòrskô n Lithuanian: Pomeranijos f Maltese: Pomeranja f Polish: Pomorze (pl) n Portuguese: Pomerânia (pt) f Russian: Помера́ния (ru) f (Pomeránija) Serbo-Croatian: Pomorje (sh) f or n, Померанија Slovene: Pomeranija f or n Spanish: Pomerania f Swedish: Pommern (sv) n

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Italian

Proper noun

Pomerania f

1. Pomerania

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Spanish

Proper noun

Pomerania f

1. Pomerania