Carinthia

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Carantania. Possibly of Celtic origin; compare Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”). The Latin toponym was also borrowed into Slavic as Proto-Slavic *korǫtanъ (with an adjective *korǫtьskъ); compare Czech Korutany and Slovene Koroška (“Carinthia”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix change unexplained—influenced by Greek -ινθος (-inthos)?

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɪnθiə/[1]
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧rin‧thia
  • Rhymes: -ɪnθiə

Proper noun

Carinthia

  2. (historical)A former duchy and historical region of Central Europe, now split politically between Austria and Slovenia.
  4. A state of Austria. Capital: Klagenfurt.
  6. A traditional region in northern Slovenia.
    Synonym: Slovenian Carinthia

Coordinate terms

states of Austriaedit

Translations

References

  1. ^ “Carinthia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Portuguese

Proper noun

Carinthia f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Caríntia.
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