Lusatia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /luˈseɪʃə/
Etymology
From New Latin, from Sorbian łužicy, łuža (“swamp, swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža (“pool, puddle”).
Meanings
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A cultural region in Central Europe, in modern Germany and Poland, in large parts traditionally Sorbian-speaking.
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 & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2
Deriveds
Upper Lusatia · Lower Lusatia · Lusatian
Relateds
Translations (22)
hu Lausitz (region) · hu Luzsica (region) · yi לוזשיץ (region) · de Lausitz (region) · fr Lusace (region) · pl Łużyce (region) · cs Lužice (region) · ru Ла́узиц (region) · uk Лу́жиця (region) · sk Lužica (region) · sl Lužica (region) · dsb Łužyca (region) · es Lusacia (region) · it Lusazia (region) · ru Лу́жица (region) · be Лужы́ца (region) · pt Lusácia (region) · mr लुसेशिया (region) · szl Łużyca (region) · nn Lausitz (region) · hsb Łužica (region) · ca Lusàcia (region)