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Austria

/ˈaustɾja/

proper noun/ˈaustɾja/

Austria (a country in Central Europe)

Related: Alta Austria, Baja Austria

Borrowed from Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ostarrîchi, from an element meaning "east" (Proto-Germanic *austrą, compare Swedish öster) + rīhhi (“realm”) (compare modern German Reich (“realm”)).