Westphalia

[ west-fey-lee-uh, -feyl-yuh ]

/ wɛstˈfeɪ li ə, -ˈfeɪl yə /

a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.

German Westfalen.

OTHER WORDS FROM Westphalia

West·pha·li·an, adjective, noun

Start out with that so you understand what happened, beginning with the Treaty of Westphalia.

McCain’s 13 Favorite Soldiers |Sandra McElwaine |November 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I propose three explanations—diagnoses—for what ails climate politics: First, what I call the “cancer of Westphalia.”

The Big Idea: Why Are Climate Change Negotiations Failing? |Paul G. Harris |July 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Fehm-tribunals were, in fact, as we have already observed, not peculiar to Westphalia.

Secret Societies of the Middle Ages |Thomas Keightley
In Holland and Westphalia, the fire is made in the cellar, and the smoke carried by a flue into a cool, dry chamber.

Sheep, Swine, and Poultry |Robert Jennings

The importance of the peace of Westphalia in European history goes far beyond these territorial changes.

The Thirty Years' War |Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Maillebois was at that time encamped with his army in Westphalia.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6 |Samuel Johnson
A principal part of the swine food in Westphalia is potatoes; these are cooked and then mashed in the potato water.

Home Pork Making |A. W. Fulton

Westphalia

/ (wɛstˈfeɪlɪə) /

a historic region of NW Germany, now mostly in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia German name: Westfalen