Austria

Meaning

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

Synonyms

Republic of Austria

Vienna

Oesterreich

Austrasia

Lower Austria

Styria

Tyrol

Upper Austria

Vorarlberg

the Republic of Austria

Burgenland

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Carinthia

Salzburg

Translations

Autriche

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Austria

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Austria

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Österreich

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Oostenrijk

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Αυστρία

Áustria

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Avusturya

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Àustria

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Austria

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نمسا

النمسا

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Àustria

République d’Autriche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒs.tɹɪə/

Etymology

From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi, the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, eastern for more.
Distantly cognate to Australia: it derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin, where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasia.

Sentences

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

We went rafting in Switzerland and alpine skiing in Austria this spring .