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The name Austria is a latinization of German Österreich (that is, the spelling of the name Austria approximates, for the benefit of Latin speakers, the sound of the German name Österreich). This has led to much confusion [ citation needed ] as German Ost is "east", but Latin auster is "south".
The word is first recorded in English in a translation published in 1555. [ 160 ] Cathay , a former & literary name: " Khitai ", from Marco Polo's Italian Catai , used for northern but not southern China, ultimately from the Khitan endonym Kitai Gur ("Kingdom of the Khitai "), [ 161 ] possibly via Persian Khitan ( ختن ) or Chinese Qìdān ...
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.
Kafka was born into a middle-class German- and Yiddish-speaking Czech Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which belonged to the Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today the capital of the Czech Republic, also known as Czechia). He trained as a lawyer, and after completing his legal education was employed ...
The first document containing the word "Ostarrîchi"; the word is marked with a red circle. The English word Austrian is a derivative of the proper name Austria, which is a latinization of Österreich, the German name for Austria. This word is derived from Ostarrîchi, which first appears in 996.
Austria (personification), a personification of the country, to which Čechie was a reaction; Austria (surname) Austria (typeface), a typeface formerly used on all official road signage in Austria "Austria", a hymn tune based on "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" by Haydn; Austria Metall AG, a holding company; Austria Microsystems, a semiconductor ...
Since Frederick wrote this acronym when he was not yet the ruler of the Archduchy of Austria and, at that time, Styria was entirely separated from Austria and was not considered to be its part until the next century, the term "Austria" in this context would not mean Austria as a territory or a nation, but rather the "House of Austria", that is ...
Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ ... Pages in category "Austria" The following 3 pages are in this ...