Lusatia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /luˈseɪʃə/

Origin

From a word for "swamp, swampy land".

Full definition of Lusatia

Proper noun

1. A region in Central Europe in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
• 1759, George Sale & 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 provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conÅ¿iÅ¿t of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, WeÅ¿tphalia, HeÅ¿Å¿e, BrunÅ¿wic, MiÅ¿nia, LuÅ¿atia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Derived terms

• Lower Lusatia
• Lusatian
• Upper Lusatia