silesia

English Thesaurus

1. a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cloth, fabric, material, textile,
definition	:	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers (noun.artifact)

2. a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region,
definition	:	a demarcated area of the Earth (noun.location)

part meronym	:	europe,
definition	:	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object)