Neustria

Neustria

See also: neustria, nêustria, and Nêustria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːstɹɪə/

Proper noun

Neustria

1. (historical) The western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:

     There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood / Of Neustria come roring, with a crew / Of hungry whelpes […]

Translations

western part of the Frankish empire

French: Neustrie (fr) f German: Neustrien

Portuguese: Nêustria f

See also

• Austrasia
• Austria

Anagrams

• austrine, instaure, resiaunt, ruinates, taurines, uranites, urinates