Carniola

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑɹniˈoʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Carniola

1. (historical) A historical region of the Holy Roman and Austrian empires that comprised parts of what is now Slovenia.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

Derived terms

• Inner Carniola
• Lower Carniola
• Upper Carniola

Related terms

• Carniolan

Translations

historical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia

German: Krain (de) n Greek: Καρνιόλα (el) f (Karnióla) Hungarian: Krajna Italian: Carniola f Latin: Carniola f, Carneola f Macedonian: Крањска f (Kranjska) Polish: Kraina (pl) f Slovene: Kranjska (sl) f Spanish: Carniola f

Anagrams

• Carolina, anirolac, conarial