Pomeranians

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Pomeranians are a West Slavic ethnic group native to the historical region of Pomerania along the Baltic Sea, primarily in modern-day Poland and Germany.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pomeranians canonical 5
Pomeranian 3
Pomeranian dialects 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedWithLanguage German language
linked to: German

Kashubian language
Polish language
borderingSea Baltic Sea
coastalRegion Baltic Sea
continent Europe
country Germany
Poland
culturalInfluenceFrom German culture
Polish culture
culturalRegion Pomerania
ethnicity West Slavic
linked to: West Slavs
ethnoLinguisticGroup Slavs
hasDemonymForm Pomeranian
linked to: Pomeranians
historicalEventAssociated Ostsiedlung
World War II population transfers
historicalMinorityIn German Empire
Kingdom of Poland
historicalProcess Christianisation of Pomerania
Germanisation
Slavicisation
historicalRegionPartOf Duchy of Pomerania
Germany
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Poland
historicalReligion Paganism
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
languageFamily Slavic languages
locatedIn historical region of Pomerania
nameEtymology derived from Slavic po more meaning by the sea
nativeTo Baltic Sea coast
Central Europe
Pomerania
regionToday Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Schleswig-Holstein
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
relatedEthnicGroup Kashubians
Masovians
linked to: Mazovians

Poles
Silesians
subgroupOf West Slavs
traditionalEconomy agriculture
fishing
trade

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pomerania containsEthnicGroup Pomeranians
German Brazilians relatedGroup Pomeranians
Kashubian language closelyRelatedTo Pomeranian dialects
linked to: Pomeranians
Pomeranians hasDemonymForm Pomeranian
linked to: Pomeranians
Southern Brazil hasDialect Pomeranian
subject linked to: southern Brazil
linked to: Pomeranians
Duchy of Pomerania ethnicGroup Pomeranians
Vale do Itajaí hasMinorityLanguage Pomeranian
linked to: Pomeranians
Wends relatedEthnonym Pomeranians