English Explanatory Dictionary

Austrasia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Pronunciation

/ɒˈstɹeɪ.ʒə/ /ɔˈstɹeɪ.ʒə/

Word forms

Austrasia

Etymology

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.

Related words

Neustria Austria

Derived words

Austrasian
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