Westphalian

From Westphalia +‎ -an.

Westphalian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
2. Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
3. Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.

• (region): Eastphalia
• Eastphalian

Westphalian (plural Westphalians)

1. Someone from Westphalia
2. One of the major dialect groups of West Low German spoken in Westphalia.
3. (geology, uncountable) A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
4. A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.

• (dialect group): Westfalish

• (dialect group): Low German, Low Saxon

• (person): North Rhine-Westphalian (from North Rhine-Westphalia)

• (person, dialect group): Eastphalian

• “Westphalian” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
• “Westphalian” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.