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pomeranian
/ˌpɑmɚˈeɪniən/
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What does pomeranian mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian (dog)
adjective
- Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
- Of or relating to Pomerania.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
- A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.
proper noun
- Pomeranian Low German.
- The Kashubian language.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɑmɚˈeɪniən/
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A respectable lady, built on the lines of a Pomeranian grenadier, burst into the dressing-room and dropped groaning into a vacant arm-chair.
But in any case the Pomeranian dog, so called, has been a native of various parts of Europe from very early times.
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It is one of the many incongruities of African life that Nature should have given so large and so impressive a creature the petulant yapping of an exasperated Pomeranian lap dog.
The Swedes consequently were received with open arms both in town and country, whilst every Imperialist that fell into the hands of the Pomeranian peasantry was ruthlessly murdered.
Mrs. Murgatroyd looked indeed as if the life had been crushed out of her; she knelt on a chair, gazing piteously from behind the body of a Pomeranian dog which she clasped to her cheek, as if for protection.