Germania

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(Classical-Latin, declension-1) Germany in its various senses, including:
(Medieval-Latin, declension-1) Germany in its various senses, including:
(New-Latin, declension-1) Germany in its various senses, including:
(New-Latin, declension-1) Germany in its various senses, including:
(New-Latin, declension-1) Germany in its various senses, including:

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[ɡɛrˈmaː.ni.a]

From Germānī + -ia. Germani was an exonym applied by the Romans to a tribe (or nearby tribes) living around and east of the Rhine; it was first attested in the 1st century b.c. works of Julius Caesar and is of uncertain etymology. It was said by Strabo to derive from germānus (“close kin; genuine”), making it cognate with "germane" and "german", but this seems unsupported. Attempts to derive it from Germanic or Celtic roots are all problematic (although see Germany).