Meaning Of The Word Silesia

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Silesia in American English
a linen cloth made in Silesia
region in E Europe, on both sides of the upper Oder, mainly in what is now SW Poland
noun: a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings

Silesia in British English
noun: a region of central Europe around the upper and middle Oder valley: mostly annexed by Prussia in 1742 but became almost wholly Polish in 1945; rich coal and iron-ore deposits
noun: a twill-weave fabric of cotton or other fibre, used esp for pockets, linings, etc

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