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西里西亞

简西里西亚 · 繁西里西亞

Mandarin · pinyin Xī lǐ xī yà

Silesia

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
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亚: yà · Asia; second

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Silesia (a cultural region of Central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities))

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