Lusatia
English
Geographic location of Lusatia.
Etymology
New Latin, from Sorbian łužicy, łuža (“swamp, swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža (“pool, puddle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈseɪʃə/
Proper noun
Lusatia
- A region of Central Europe, in modern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
- 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: 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 conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
- 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
Synonyms
- Sorbia
Derived terms
- Lower Lusatia
- Lusatian
- Upper Lusatia
Translations
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