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Austria, [e] formally the Republic of Austria, [f] is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. [15] It is a federation of nine states , of which the capital Vienna is the most populous city and state.
The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...
Austrian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered partially or entirely by a person born in Austria. In some cases, their Austrianess is determined by the fact that they were born in Austria, of non-Austrian people working in the country.
Since Austria straddles the Alps, it is a prime location for skiing. Austria is the leading nation in the Alpine Skiing World Cup (consistently winning the largest number of points of all countries) and also strong in many other winter sports such as ski jumping. Austria's national ice hockey team ranks 13th in the world.
Belvedere Palace, Vienna, one of Austria's most iconic monuments Tourism forms an important part of the economy of Austria , accounting for almost 9% of the Austrian gross domestic product . [ 1 ] Austria has one guest bed for every six inhabitants, and boasts the highest per capita income from tourism in the Organisation for Economic Co ...
Serve thyself, only thee! Be free! Thou faithful people, our enduring people, Thee we adore, thee we'll protect. German-Austria, thou league of mountain lands, thee we adore! Free through deed and united by choice, One in fate and especially in blood. Forever united, the East Alpine Lands! True to our nation and true to the union!