Germania

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples. historical
  2. 2
    A personification of Germany or Germans as a whole.

    "The City of London standing, wearing a helmet surmounted by a dragon, resting her right hand upon a low throne, on which is seated Germania, and pointing with her left hand to the shipping in the river Thames. On her left, resting against a stone balustrade, is a shield bearing the arms, crest, supporters, and motto of the City of London. Germania holds a sword in her left hand, her right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of Germany."

  3. 3
    Germany. humorous, offensive, sometimes

    "Hey, German boy, go back to Germania!"

  4. 4
    A city proposed during the Nazi era to take over from Berlin as the German capital. historical
  5. 5
    A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms

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germany

Example

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"All of Germania is separated from the Gauls, Raetians and Pannonians by the rivers Rhine and Danube, and from the Sarmatians and Dacians by mutual awe or mountains: the ocean surrounds the rest, encompassing wide peninsulas and the vast areas of islands, their peoples and kings just recently known to us, with whom war has now begun."

Etymology

From Latin Germānia. Doublet of Germany.

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