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SLASK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Slask mean? 

SLASK (noun)
  The noun SLASK has 1 sense:

1. a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Polandplay

  Familiarity information: SLASK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLASK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Schlesien; Silesia; Slask; Slezsko

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Slask" is a part of...):

Europe (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)


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