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Hauerland

Hauerland proper noun: a historical region in what is now central Slovakia, formerly inhabited by Carpathian Germans.

Proper noun

Hauerland

  1. A historical region in what is now central Slovakia, formerly inhabited by Carpathian Germans.
    • In 1930, 41,255 inhabitants of the Hauerland were of German origin.1958, Theodor Schieder, “Documents on the Expulsion of the Germans from Eastern-Central-Europe: The expulsion of the German population from Czechoslovakia”, in The Expulsion of the German Population...
    • “Song Repertory and Musical Life in a Village in Hauerland : Songs, Oral History, and Commentary of the Consultant Anton Koppl from Honneschau”1996, Philip Vilas Bohlman, Central European Folk Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in German, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 204

Origin of Hauerland

From German Hauerland; see there for more.

Questions about Hauerland

What does Hauerland mean?
Hauerland means a historical region in what is now central Slovakia, formerly inhabited by Carpathian Germans.
What part of speech is Hauerland?
Hauerland is a proper noun.

Words near Hauerland in the dictionary

  1. haue
  2. Hauenstein
  3. Hauensteins
  4. Hauer
  5. hauerite
  6. Hauerland
  7. Hauers
  8. Hauff
  9. Hauffs
  10. Haufschild
  11. Haug

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