— Silesian , adj. , n.
/si lee"zheuh, -sheuh, suy-/ , n.
a region in central Europe along both banks of the upper Oder River, mainly in SW Poland and the N Czech Republic: formerly divided between Germany (which had the largest portion), Poland, and Czechoslovakia; by provision of the Potsdam agreement 1945, the greater part of German Silesia came under Polish administration; rich deposits of coal, iron, and other minerals. German, Schlesien . Polish, Slask . Czech, Slezsko .