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

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From: orangie
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:43

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dinkin@fas.harvard.edu (Aaron J Dinkin) wrote in
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>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". 
>
>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
>

too likely that "oester" doesn't mean "east" either -- land of the pearl 
matrice, plump mattress? mistress of oz?

mike

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