Neustria

See also: neustria, nêustria, and Nêustria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːstɹɪə/

Proper noun

Neustria

(historical) The western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood / Of Neustria come roring, with a crew / Of hungry whelpes […]

Translations

western part of the Frankish empire

French: Neustrie (fr) f
German: Neustrien
Portuguese: Nêustria f

See also

Anagrams

austrine, instaure, resiaunt, ruinates, taurines, uranites, urinates

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