Cisleithania
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The Austrian areas of Austria-Hungary historical
"Since there was no official language in Cisleithania (by contrast with the Kingdom of Hungary), there was no single official language of parliamentary procedure."
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More examples"Since there was no official language in Cisleithania (by contrast with the Kingdom of Hungary), there was no single official language of parliamentary procedure."
Etymology
From Cisleithan + -ia, referring to the parts of Austria-Hungary ruled by Austrian government in Vienna, which were mostly located before the river Leitha (from the Viennese perspective), as opposed to Transleithania, Hungarian parts of the empire, mostly located behind the river Leitha.
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