Low Germany en · PROPN
Etymology
From its lower elevation than High Germany.
Meanings
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(dated) Northern Germany, the low-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the North and Baltic seas.
Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany : ... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
Relateds
Synonyms
North Germany · Lower Germany · Northern Germany
Translations (4)
de Niederdeutschland (Northern Germany) · de Norddeutschland (Northern Germany) · sv Lågtyskland (Northern Germany) · fi Alasaksa (Northern Germany)