Pomeranian Explained

Pomeranian should not be confused with Pomesanians.

Pomeranian is an adjective referring to the historical region of Pomerania, which is divided between Poland and Germany.

Peoples and cultures

• Pomeranian Balts, ancient western Baltic people
• Pomeranian culture, an Iron Age culture of earlier people in land later called Pomerania
• Pomeranians (Slavic tribe), a medieval West Slavic tribe
• Pomeranians (German people) (Pommern), since the High Middle Ages

Languages

• Pomeranian language, a group of Lechitic dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians of the Middle Ages
• East Pomeranian dialect classified within Low German, spoken by the Pomeranians since the High Middle Ages
• Central Pomeranian dialect classified within Low German, spoken by the Pomeranians since the High Middle Ages

Animal breeds

• Pomeranian dog, Spitz toy dog breed
• Pomeranian Coarsewool sheep (also Pomeranian sheep, Pommernschaf)
• Pomeranian duck (also Pommern duck, Pommernente)
• Pomeranian goose (also Rügener goose, Pommerngans)
• Pomarine skua, carnivorous seabird sometimes erroneously called "Pomeranian skua"

Places

• Western Pomerania and Farther Pomerania
  • Swedish Pomerania
  • Province of Pomerania
• West Pomeranian Voivodeship, an administrative region in Poland
• Pomeranian Voivodeship, an administrative region in Poland
  • Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency), the corresponding constituency
• Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, an administrative region in Poland

History

• Duchy of Pomerania
• House of Pomerania

Military campaigns

• East Pomeranian Offensive, a Soviet advance in late World War II