Silesia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silesia \Si*le"si*a\, n.
     1. A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a
        province of Prussia.
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     2. A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Silesia
       n 1: a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron
            ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in
            Poland [syn: {Slask}, {Slezsko}, {Schlesien}]
       2: a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and
          linings

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Silesia, MT
    Zip code(s): 59041