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Cisleithania

Cisleithania proper noun: the Austrian areas of Austria-Hungary.

Proper noun

Cisleithania

  1. (historical) The Austrian areas of Austria-Hungary
    • Since there was no official language in Cisleithania (by contrast with the Kingdom of Hungary), there was no single official language of parliamentary procedure.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 67

Origin of Cisleithania

From Cisleithan + -ia, referring to the parts of Austria-Hungary ruled by Austrian government in Vienna, which were mostly located before the river Leitha (from the Viennese perspective), as opposed to Transleithania, Hungarian parts of the empire, mostly located behind the river Leitha.

Words formed from Cisleithania

Questions about Cisleithania

What does Cisleithania mean?
Cisleithania means the Austrian areas of Austria-Hungary.
What part of speech is Cisleithania?
Cisleithania is a proper noun.

Words near Cisleithania in the dictionary

  1. cislates
  2. cislating
  3. cislation
  4. cislations
  5. cisleithan
  6. Cisleithania
  7. Cisleithanian
  8. Cisler
  9. Cislers
  10. cislesbian
  11. cislesbians

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