Pomeranian is an adjective referring to the historical region of
Pomerania
Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...
, which is today divided between Poland and Germany.
Peoples and cultures
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Pomeranian Balts
Pomeranian is an adjective referring to the historical region of Pomerania, which is today divided between Poland and Germany.
Peoples and cultures
* Pomeranian Balts, ancient western Baltic people
* Pomeranian culture, an Iron Age culture of ...
, ancient western Baltic people
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Pomeranian culture
The Pomeranian culture, also Pomeranian or Pomerelian Face Urn culture was an Iron Age culture with origins in parts of the area south of the Baltic Sea (which later became Pomerania, part of northern Germany/Poland), from the 7th century BC to ...
, an Iron Age culture of earlier people in land later called Pomerania
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Pomeranians (Slavic tribe)
The Pomeranians (german: Pomoranen; csb, Pòmòrzónie; pl, Pomorzanie), first mentioned as such in the 10th century, were a West Slavic tribe, which since the 5th to the 6th centuries had settled at the shore of the Baltic Sea between the m ...
, a medieval West Slavic tribe
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Pomeranians (German people)
The Pomeranians (german: Pommern) are a German people native to the historical region of Pomerania. In modern times, its population inhabits Germany, including the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Paulus Gijsbertus Johannes Post, P. Post, G. Rouwh ...
(Pommern), since the High Middle Ages
Languages
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Pomeranian language
), East Low German, East Pomeranian dialect
The Pomeranian language (Polish: ''pomorszczyzna'' or ''język pomorski'', German: ''Pomoranisch'' or ''die pomoranische Sprache'') is in the Pomeranian group of Lechitic languages (Polish: ''grupa po ...
, a group of Lechitic dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians of the Middle Ages
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East Pomeranian dialect
East Pomeranian (''Ostpommersch'') is an East Low German dialect that is either moribund or used to be spoken in what was roughly Pomerania (now northwestern Poland; previously part of Germany until the end of World War II) and today is also sp ...
classified within Low German, spoken by the Pomeranians since the High Middle Ages
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Central Pomeranian dialect
East Low German (german: ostniederdeutsche Dialekte, ostniederdeutsche Mundarten, Ostniederdeutsch; nds, Oostplattdütsch) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in north-eastern Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland. Together ...
classified within Low German, spoken by the Pomeranians since the High Middle Ages
Animal breeds
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Pomeranian dog
The Pomeranian (often known as a Pom) is a breed of dog of the Spitz type that is named for the Pomerania region in north-west Poland and north-east Germany in Central Europe. Classed as a toy dog breed because of its small size, the Pomeran ...
, a ''Spitz'' toy dog breed
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Pomeranian Coarsewool sheep (also Pomeranian sheep, Pommernschaf)
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Pomeranian duck
The Pomeranian or Pommern duck (in German ''Pommernente'') is a breed of domesticated duck. It is a landrace originating in the German part of the baltic sea coast region called Pomerania. Pomeranian ducks share the same ancestors with other north ...
(also Pommern duck, Pommernente)
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Pomeranian goose
The Pomeranian goose (german: link=no, Pommerngans,''Der Große Geflügelstandard in Farbe'', Bd. 3. Wassergeflügel: Gänse und Enten. Oertel + Spörer. French: ''L'oie de Poméranie'' Pomeranian, Toulouse or Emden goose eggs), also known as th ...
(also Rügener goose, Pommerngans)
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Pomarine skua
The pomarine jaeger (''Stercorarius pomarinus''), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.
Taxonomy
Its relationships are not fully resolved; i ...
, a carnivorous seabird sometimes erroneously called "Pomeranian skua"
Places
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Western Pomerania
Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, Weste ...
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Farther Pomerania
Farther Pomerania, Hinder Pomerania, Rear Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania (german: Hinterpommern, Ostpommern), is the part of Pomerania which comprised the eastern part of the Duchy and later Province of Pomerania. It stretched roughly from the Od ...
(before 1945)
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Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...
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Province of Pomerania
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West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...
, an administrative region in Poland (after 1945)
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Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
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, an administrative region in Poland
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Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, Pomeranian () is a Polish constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province ( Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kash ...
, the corresponding constituency
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...
, an administrative region in Poland
History
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Duchy of Pomerania
The Duchy of Pomerania (german: Herzogtum Pommern; pl, Księstwo Pomorskie; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country ha ...
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House of Pomerania
The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty (german: Greifen; pl, Gryfici, da, Grif) was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century and had been take ...
Military campaigns
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East Pomeranian Offensive, a Soviet advance in late World War II
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