Carinthia

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈrɪnθiə/

Proper noun

1. (geography) A federal state of modern Austria.
2. (geography) A region in 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, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2 ↗:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

Synonyms

• (region in Slovenia) Slovenian Carinthia

Related terms

• Carinthian

Translations

• French: Carinthie
• German: Kärnten
• Italian: Carinzia
• Portuguese: Caríntia
• Spanish: Carintia

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