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Cisleithania en · PROPN

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.

Meanings

  1. (historical) The Austrian areas of Austria-Hungary
    • Since there was no official language in Cisleithania (by contrast with the Kingdom of Hungary), there was no single official language of parliamentary procedure. 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 67:

Coordinates

Transleithania

Deriveds

Cisleithanian

Translations (5)

pt Cisleitânia (areas of Austria-Hungary to the west of the River Leitha) · de Cisleithanien (areas of Austria-Hungary to the west of the River Leitha) · cs Cislajtánie (areas of Austria-Hungary to the west of the River Leitha) · fr Cisleithanie (areas of Austria-Hungary to the west of the River Leitha) · cs Předlitavsko (areas of Austria-Hungary to the west of the River Leitha)