Westphalian
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Westphalian is an adjective with multiple meanings:
- The culture or people of Westphalia in present-day western Germany
- The Westphalian language (dialect) in Germany
- Westphalian (horse), a horse breed
- Of or concerning the 1648 Peace of Westphalia treaties:
- Westphalian sovereignty and the modern system of nation-states, originating from these treaties
- the nature of European society following these treaties
- In stratigraphy: a stage in the European subdivision of the Carboniferous period, see Westfalian