Austria Definition

ôstrē-ə
pronoun
A country in Central Europe, a member state of the European Union. Official name: Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich).
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Origin of Austria

  • From Latin Austria; a Latinization of Germanic ostar (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austra (“eastern”), from the Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“to shine”) (see aurora, dawn). The Latin is short for (Marchia) austriaca (“eastern borderland”). More at eastern.

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  • Distantly cognate to Australia — same proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasie.

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Austria Sentence Examples

  • The emperor of Austria continues to nominate to bishoprics by virtue of rights anterior to this concordat.

  • In the struggle between France and Austria from the 17th century onwards the Breisgau frequently changed masters.

  • On the 15th of December, when Schmerling and the Austrian members had left the cabinet, Gagern became head of the imperial ministry, and on the 18th he introduced a programme (known as the Gagernsche Programm) according to which Austria was to be excluded from the new federal state, but bound to it by a treaty of union.

  • In 1801 Austria was forced to cede it to Ercole III., duke of Modena, in compensation for the duchy of which Napoleon had deprived him.

  • No policy could have been less far-sighted; for Charles V., joint heir to Austria, Burgundy, Castile and Aragon, the future overwhelming rival of France, was already born.

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Words Starting With

AAUAUS

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AIARIA

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