Meanings
- historicalA proposed geopolitical plan conceived by Józef Piłsudski, that sought to unite former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lands within a single polity.
British and French intelligence took a great deal of interest in the re-emergence of Intermarium in late 1945, the French initially developing close contacts.
1989, Mark Aarons, Sanctuary: Nazi fugitives in Australia, →ISBN, page 752 more examples
The Promethean League was thought to be the model for the Intermarium. According to this American report, the Intermarium was a Polish plan for regional federation and can be traced to Poles in Warsaw not Russian exiles in Paris or German military intelligence.
2007, Jonathan Levy, The Intermarium: Wilson, Madison, & East Central European Federalism, →ISBN, page 179To draw intermediary conclusions, the historical and contemporary interpretations of the Intermarium concept—which defines the lands between the Baltic and Black Seas—are very vague and diverse.
2019, Ostap Kushnir, The Intermarium as the Polish-Ukrainian Linchpin of Baltic-Black Sea Cooperation, →ISBN, page 52
Origin
- PolishMiędzymorze
- EnglishIntermarium
Pseudo-Latinism from inter- (“between”) + mare (“sea”) + -ium; coined as a calque of Polish Międzymorze.
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Intermarium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Intermarium
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