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The national name Prussia (in Prussian: Prusa, German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian Prusai, Latin: Prussia or Borussia) was used by a wide variety of political factions during the 2nd millennium. At different times it has denoted a geographical region, a dukedom, a Polish province, a Polish fief, a kingdom under Brandenburg's rule which became the leading kingdom of the German Empire (comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the Germany's area) and as republic state of Germany.

The word Prussia can refer to:

the land of the Prussian people (6th-13th centuries)
Teutonic Knights' or Teutonic Order state 13th-15th century
Royal Prussia and Ducal Prussia forming together the Prussian province of Poland, 15th century-1660
Kingdom of PrussiaThe Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. In 1688, Frederick William I, the "Great Elector", died and his posse, 1701-1918
The German state Prussia , 1871-1933
West PrussiaWest Prussia was a province ( 1772 1824 and 1878 1918) of the Kingdom of Prussia. Created from lands lost by the Kingdom of Poland during its First Partition ( 1772), it included the former Polish province of Royal Prussia, except for Warmia, which was in (since 1772) and East PrussiaEast Prussia ( German: Ostpreussen Polish: Prusy Wschodnie Russian: Vostochnaya Prussiya was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. The northern part of East Prussia corresponds today to Russia's Kaliningrad O (since 1618), provinces of the Prussian State or Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1933

see also Prussian ConfederationIn March 1440 a Prussian Confederation (German Preussischer Bund, Polish: Zwiazek Pruski was organisation of cities, gentry and clergy of Prussia formed under the leadership of the Hanseatic cities Gdansk (Danzig), Elblag (Elbing), and Torun (Thorn).

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Prussian ConfederationIn March 1440 a Prussian Confederation (German Preussischer Bund, Polish: Zwiazek Pruski was organisation of cities, gentry and clergy of Prussia formed under the leadership of the Hanseatic cities Gdansk (Danzig), Elblag (Elbing), and Torun (Thorn).	Prussian bluePrussian blue is a blue pigment used in paints and formerly in blueprints. It has several different chemical names, these being iron (III) ferrocyanide, ferric ferrocyanide, iron (III) hexacyanoferrate (II), and ferric hexacyanoferrate. The chemical formu	Prussian TributThe Prussian Tribute", oil on canvas, 1882, 388 x 875 cm, National Museum in Krakow. Albrecht Hohenzollern receives the Duchy of Prussia as a fief from the Polish King, Sigismundus I the Elder in 1525. During the Reformation endemic religious upheavals an
Prussian peopleThe Prussian people or old) Prussians were indo-European Balts inhabiting the area around the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons (i. Baltic Prussia). Their lands were later called East Prussia. Etymologically, the name may be cognate to Rus or may mean fair-hai	Prussian Minister of WarThe Prussian War Ministry was gradually established between 1808 and 1809 as part of a series of reforms initiated by the Military Reorganization Commission created after the disastrous Treaty of Paris. The War Ministry was to help bring the army under co	Prussian Claims SocietyThe Prussian Claims Society (German: Preussische Treuhand GmbH & Co. is an organization based in Dusseldorf founded by German expellees, and supported by the Landsmannschaft Ostpreussen, Landsmannschaft Schlesien and Pommersche Landsmannschaft. It is mode
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