Carniola

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑɹniˈoʊlə/
Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Carniola

(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”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, 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...

Derived terms

Inner Carniola
Lower Carniola
Upper Carniola

Related terms

Carniolan

Translations

historical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia

German: Krain (de) n
Greek: Καρνιόλα (el) f (Karnióla)
Hungarian: Krajna
Italian: Carniola f
Latin: Carniola f, Carneola f
Macedonian: Крањска f (Kranjska)
Polish: Kraina (pl) f
Slovene: Kranjska (sl) f
Spanish: Carniola f

Anagrams

Carolina, anirolac, conarial

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