Pomeranian

//ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to Pomerania.

    "In my 2002 research project I focused on the documentation of the Pomeranian Low German as spoken in the state of Wisconsin."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Pomeranian Low German.

    "Among their dialects the Rhine Franconian and Moselle-Franconian varieties prevailed, but other dialects were present as well, such as Upper German Swabian, Low German Westphalian, Pomeranian, and the Mennonite varieties, and even Volga German."

  2. 2
    The Kashubian language.
Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian (dog) alt-of
  3. 3
    breed of very small compact long-haired dogs of the spitz type wordnet
  4. 4
    A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Pomerania + -an. Through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”), distant doublet of pomegranate, whose first element is from Latin pomum, which itself is from Proto-Italic *poomos (“taken off > fruit”).

Etymology 2

From Pomerania + -an. Through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”), distant doublet of pomegranate, whose first element is from Latin pomum, which itself is from Proto-Italic *poomos (“taken off > fruit”).

Etymology 3

From Pomerania + -an. Through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”), distant doublet of pomegranate, whose first element is from Latin pomum, which itself is from Proto-Italic *poomos (“taken off > fruit”).

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