- a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic Sea and Poland: developed as the chief military power of the Continent, leading the North German Confederation from 1867–71, when the German Empire was established; dissolved in 1947 and divided between East and West Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. Area: (in 1939) 294 081 sq km (113 545 sq miles)German name: Preussen
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Prus•sia
(prush′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Names, World Historya former state in N Europe: became a military power in the 18th century and in 1871 led the formation of the German empire;
formally abolished as an administrative unit in 1947. German, Preussen. Cf. East Prussia, West Prussia.
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Prussia /ˈprʌʃə/ n
'Prussia' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Berlin
- Białystok
- Bismarck
- Brandenburg
- East Prussia
- East Prussian
- Flensburg
- Frederick I
- Frederick William I
- Frederick William II
- Frederick William III
- Frederick William IV
- Germany
- Hardenberg
- Hesse-Nassau
- Hohenzollern
- Holstein
- Junker
- Kiel
- Koblenz
- Leichhardt
- Leopold II
- Masuria
- morgen
- Ostpreussen
- Paris Commune
- Poland
- Polish Corridor
- Preussen
- Prussian
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig
- Seven Years' War
- Silesia
- Sovetsk
- spruce
- Stein
- Tannenberg
- West Prussia
- William II
- Wrocław
- Austro-Prussian War
- Franco-Prussian War
- Frederick II
- Frederick William
- Lauenburg
- Michelson
- Napoleonic Wars
- princess royal
- Prus.