Carinthia

Origin

Full definition of Carinthia

Proper noun

1. (geography) A federal state of modern Austria.
2. (geography) A region of modern Slovenia.
3. (geography, historical) A region of the Holy Roman and Austrian empires.
• 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, : History of the German Empire, page 2:Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firÅ¿t, towards the Å¿outh, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, AuÅ¿tria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the SwiÅ¿s, and the GriÅ¿ons...

Related terms

• Carinthian

Synonyms

• (region in Slovenia) Slovenian Carinthia

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