Westphalia is a proper noun referring to a historic region in northwestern Germany, often used to denote the Westphalia state or historical territories and the broader cultural area. It’s commonly encountered in geographical, historical, and genealogical contexts and is pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable, followed by a soft, unstressed final syllable. In English, it’s treated as a multi-syllabic, non-German loanword.
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