1. silesia - Noun
2. Silesia - Proper noun
A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn 1740 Frederick became King and wrote a book to prove that lying, cheating, and highway robbery are wrong and that true happiness comes only from helping others. He then took Silesia away from Maria Theresa of Austria, who he had promised to protect, and was called Frederick the Great. Will Cuppy
Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany. Hjalmar Schacht
Asprey, p. 24. While the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy was distracted by the succession, Frederick, upon coming to the throne, rejected the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and opportunistically invaded Silesia on 16 December 1740. Source: Internet
Browning, 38. In December, King Frederick II of Prussia invaded the Duchy of Silesia and requested that Maria Theresa cede it, threatening to join her enemies if she refused. Source: Internet
Campaigns of 1742 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Frederick had hoped by the truce to secure Silesia, for which alone he was fighting. Source: Internet
Asprey, p. 129. The Prussian army had massed quietly along the Oder river during early December, and on 16 December 1740, without declaration of war, Frederick moved his Army across the frontier into Silesia. Source: Internet