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Masurian, a.|mæˈzʊərɪən|
[f. Ger. Masur(en Mazury (see below) + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Mazury, a region of N.E. Poland (formerly East Prussia) containing numerous glacial lakes. Chiefly in Masurian Lakes.
1914Times 29 Sept. 9/1 Germany had only to fight upon Russian ground, and if repulsed to fall amid the Masurian lakes and woods. 1927Peake & Fleure Hunters & Artists iii. 30 In some parts of the northern plain the drainage is still imperfect, and we find vast extents of marsh and lakes; of this type are the historic ‘Masurian Lakes’ in East Prussia. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1139/1 One of the extensive areas where the lakes remain is the historic Masurian Lakes of eastern Poland and White Russia. 1989Encycl. Brit. XXV. 915/1 The Masurian Lakeland (Pojezierze Mazurskie), east of the lower Vistula. |