pomeranian

/ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/

pomeranian is the alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian.

Adjective capitalized: Pomeranian

Pomeranian (comparative more Pomeranian, superlative most Pomeranian)

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.
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.Alexandra Jacob, American Pommersch – Pommern im linguistischen Erbe Wisconsins, in: 2008, Josef Raab, Jan Wirrer (eds.), Die deutsche Präsenz in den USA / The German Presence in the U.S.A., p....
- This was expressed by a Pomeranian Low German speaker born in 1903 in Hamburg, Marathon County:
  …Antje Petty, Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools', in: 2013, Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, Joseph Salmons (eds.), Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State, The...

Noun capitalized: Pomeranian

Pomeranian (plural Pomeranians)

A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.

Synonyms:

Pom, Pommy, Pome, Pomeranian spitz, Zwergspitz

Proper noun capitalized: Pomeranian

Pomeranian

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.P. Rosenberg, Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln), in: 2005, Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, Paul Kerswill (eds.), Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European...
- … the language of everyday use is characterized by a wide panorama of local dialectal variation, ranging from Low German dialects in the north (e.g. Low Saxon, Westphalian, Pomeranian), through Central German dialects (e.g. Hessian, Thuringian, Silesian) to the High German dialects of the south...2011, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1995), p. 238, inside the section German
The Kashubian language.

Synonyms of pomeranian

Forms of pomeranian

Noun
plural	pomeranians
plural	Pomeranians
Adjective
comparative	more Pomeranian
superlative	most Pomeranian

Origin of pomeranian

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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Questions about pomeranian

What does pomeranian mean?: Pomeranian means 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.
What is pomeranian the alternative letter-case form of?: Pomeranian is the alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian.
What part of speech is pomeranian?: Pomeranian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pomeranian?: Pomeranian is pronounced /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/.

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