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PRUSSIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
Example:
in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states
Synonyms:
Preussen; Prussia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Prussia"):
Brandenburg (the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701)
Meronyms (members of "Prussia"):
Prussian (a German inhabitant of Prussia)
Holonyms ("Prussia" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
Poland; Polska; Republic of Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
Derivation:
Prussian (of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants)
