Westphalia
/westˈfeɪlɪə/- a former province of NW Germany. Previously a duchy of the archbishop of Cologne, it became a province of Prussia in 1815. In 1946 the major part was incorporated in the state of North Rhine-westphalia, the northern portion becoming part of Lower Saxony. German name WESTFALEN.威斯特伐利亚(原德国西北部的一个省, 原先是科隆大主教的公国, 1815年成为普鲁士的一个省; 1946年大部分地区归入北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚州, 北部地区则成为下萨克森州的一部分; 德语名 WESTFALEN)。
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