Styria
//ˈstɪɹiə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A southeastern state of Austria, with its capital in Graz.
- 2 The Duchy of Styria, a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. historical
- 3 A former Austrian marchland. historical
Example
More examples"To Bohemia, which he inherited in 1253 from his father, Wenzel I., Ottokar had added by marriage and diplomacy Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, and thus held a secure predominance in south-eastern Germany."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Styria, variant of Stiria, from Stira (“the Austrian city of Steyr”) + -ia (forming place names). Although no longer part of Styria, Steyr was the site of the court of the margraves of the March of Styria. It was itself named for its position at the confluence of the rivers Enns and Steyr.
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