Re: Geographic names (Re: Composer and guitarist from Belarus.)

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From: M. Ranjit Mathews
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:23

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Aaron J Dinkin <dinkin@fas.harvard.edu> wrote in message news:<9k7h7m$lqk$1@news.fas.harvard.edu>...
> In alt.usage.english aloe@rev.net wrote:
> 
> > What about Austria? It means "land to the south". I believe the native
> > name is "Oesterreich", meaning "eastern rule".

Ostmark was "eastern rule" (Eastern March, to be precise). It was
first called  Osterreich ("eastern kingdom) under the rule of the
House of Babenberg in the late 10th century.

> I'm not at all convinced that "Austria" means 'land to the south'. It
> seems to me much more likely (and the OED suggests) that "Austria" is just
> an Anglicized version of "Oester[reich]" which only coincidentally happens 
> to resemble a Latin root meaning "south".
> -Aaron J. Dinkin
> Dr. Whom

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Subject: Re: Geographic names (Re: Composer and guitarist from Belarus.)
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