Carniola

Full definition of Carniola

Proper noun

1. (geography, historical) A historical region of the Holy Roman and Austrian empires that comprised parts of what is now Slovenia.
• 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...

Derived terms

• Inner Carniola
• Lower Carniola
• Upper Carniola

Related terms

• Carniolan