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Neustria

UK/ˈnjuːstɹɪə/

Neustria proper noun: the western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.

Proper noun

Neustria

  1. (historical) The western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.
    • There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood / Of Neustria come roring, with a crew / Of hungry whelpes […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of Neustria

Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria. An origin from *Ni-oster-rike, meaning "northeastern kingdom" or "not the eastern kingdom" has been proposed; see Proto-West Germanic *austr and *rīkī, also Gothic and Proto-Norse ni. For further origins, compare Austrasia.

Words formed from Neustria

Questions about Neustria

What does Neustria mean?
Neustria means the western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.
What part of speech is Neustria?
Neustria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Neustria?
Neustria is pronounced /ˈnjuːstɹɪə/ (UK).

Words near Neustria in the dictionary

  1. neustics
  2. neuston
  3. neustonic
  4. neustons
  5. Neustrelitz
  6. Neustria
  7. Neustrian
  8. Neustrians
  9. neut
  10. neut.
  11. neuter

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