English Explanatory Dictionary

Austria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒstɹi.ə/ /ˈɔːstɹɪ.ə/ /ˈɔstɹi.ə/ /ˈɑstɹi.ə/ /ˈɔstɹi.jɐ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Austria.wav en-us-Austria.ogg

Word forms

Austria

Etymology

From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi, the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, eastern for more. Distantly cognate to Australia: it derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin, where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasia.

Related words

Austria-Hungary Austrian Austro-Hungarian Lower Austria Upper Austria
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