Definition of "Westphalia"

Westphalia

/wɛstˈfeɪljə/

proper noun
1. (politics) Westfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
2. Westfalen, a region of Germany in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
3. (historical) A former realm of Germany.
  Quotations
  Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
  1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2
4. A city in Iowa.
5. A city in Kansas.
6. A village in Michigan.
7. A city in Missouri.