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Austrasia

UK/ɒˈstɹeɪ.ʒə/US/ɔˈstɹeɪ.ʒə/

Austrasia proper noun: an early-medieval geographic region corresponding to the homeland of the Merovingian Franks in modern western Germany, northeastern France, Belgium and parts of the Netherlands. Capital: Metz.

Proper noun

Austrasia

  1. An early-medieval geographic region corresponding to the homeland of the Merovingian Franks in modern western Germany, northeastern France, Belgium and parts of the Netherlands. Capital: Metz.

Origin of Austrasia

From Latin Austrasia, from Austrasii + -ia. Austrasii, referring to the eastern Franks, is a Latinization of Frankish *Austerliudi, meaning "eastern folk"; see ostar and liuti. Alternatively, *Oster-rike has been suggested, meaning "eastern kingdom"; see Proto-West Germanic *austr and *rīkī.

Words formed from Austrasia

Questions about Austrasia

What does Austrasia mean?
Austrasia means an early-medieval geographic region corresponding to the homeland of the Merovingian Franks in modern western Germany, northeastern France, Belgium and parts of the Netherlands. Capital: Metz.
What part of speech is Austrasia?
Austrasia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Austrasia?
Austrasia is pronounced /ɒˈstɹeɪ.ʒə/ (UK).

Words near Austrasia in the dictionary

  1. Australorp
  2. Australorps
  3. australosphenidan
  4. australosphenidans
  5. australs
  6. Austrasia
  7. Austrasian
  8. Austrasians
  9. austrealis
  10. Austria
  11. Austria-Hungary

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