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Definition of Kashubian in English: Kashubiannounkəˈʃuːbɪən 1A native or inhabitant of Kashubia, a region of Poland west and north-west of Gdansk. Example sentencesExamples - It should also be added that the Kashubians have never wanted to separate themselves from Poland.
- They weren't sympathetic to Kashubians because they always helped each other and they got on with Jews.
- This has awakened my interest in lesser-known Slavic peoples such as the Sorbs, Kashubians and Masurians.
- In order for this to happen, the Kashubians would have to become strong in thought and spirit.
- Under German rule some of the Kashubians were converted to Protestantism, as were the Mazurians in East Prussia.
2mass noun The Western Slavic vernacular language spoken by about 200,000 people in Kashubia. It is closely related to Polish. Example sentencesExamples - The first printed documents in Kashubian date from the end of the 16th century.
- As a result, Kashubian is increasingly heard in churches.
- Some 100,000 consider Kashubian their mother tongue and speak it to varying degrees.
adjectivekəˈʃuːbɪən Relating to Kashubia, its people, or their language. Example sentencesExamples - There are also some Kashubian speakers in Canada.
- The Kashubian tales again would naturally be pressed into the service of the surrounding Germans.
- ‘He closed his business, got his wife into the car and drove a great distance across Poland to where we were, visiting a Kashubian fishing village on the Hel Peninsula,’ Ray says.
- In Kashubian tradition the borders between everyday life and work and folk art are blurred.
- The Museum, whose aim is to document the cultural development of Kashuby and Pomerania over the ages, collects Kashubian and Pomeranian literature.
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