Germania

From Latin Germānia. Doublet of Germany.

Germania

2. (historical) An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples.
3. A personification of Germany or Germans as a whole.
   • 1894, “Reception of the Emperor of Germany, 1891”, in Charles Welch, editor, Numismata Londinensia. Medals Struck by the Corporation of London to Commemorate Important Municipal Events 1831 to 1893. […], London, page 155:

     The City of London standing, wearing a helmet surmounted by a dragon, resting her right hand upon a low throne, on which is seated Germania, and pointing with her left hand to the shipping in the river Thames. On her left, resting against a stone balustrade, is a shield bearing the arms, crest, supporters, and motto of the City of London. Germania holds a sword in her left hand, her right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of Germany.

   • 1895 July, “Naval and Military Notes”, in The Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume XXXIX, number 209, London, page 751:

     In the evening the Kaiser gave a grand banquet in a large hall constructed in the form of a full-rigged sailing vessel of the 17th century, the stem being adorned by a colossal figure of Germania, wearing a winged helmet.

   • 1898, John L[awson] Stoddard, John L. Stoddard’s Lectures; […], volume VII, Boston, Mass.: Balch Brothers Co.; Chicago, Ill.: Geo[rge] L. Shuman & Co., page 64:

     Aside from the impressive memories that it awakens, it is an imposing work of art, for the entire monument is more than one hundred feet in height,—the majestic figure of Germania, holding a crown and sword adorned with laurel wreaths, being itself thirty-three feet high.

   • 2019 October, Louis Golino, “Modern World Coins”, in The Numismatist, American Numismatic Association, page 72:

     While the reverse retains the same heraldic design of the first Allegories issue, the obverse shows Germania and Columbia grasping each other’s hand and, respectively, the German and American flags.

4. (humorous, sometimes offensive) Germany.
   • 1996 May 5, David X. Cohen, “Much Apu About Nothing”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 23, spoken by Nelson Muntz (Nancy Cartwright):

     Hey, German boy, go back to Germania!

5. (historical) A city proposed during the Nazi era to take over from Berlin as the German capital.

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• Megarian, mangarie, main gear

Learned borrowing from Latin Germānia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡermɑːniɑ/, [ˈɡe̞rmɑ̝ːˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ger‧ma‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Ger‧ma‧nia

Germania

1. (historical) Germania (an ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples)

• IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmani̯a/

Germania

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

• Germaniano

• Germano

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɾˈma.nja/

Germania

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

From Latin Germānia.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.nja/
• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: Ger‧mà‧nia

Germania f

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Repubblica Federale Tedesca)

• tedesco
• Alemagna

• agremani, emargina, magnerai, mangerai, mangeria, mangiare

• Iermania

From Germānī +‎ -ia. Germani was an exonym applied by the Romans to a tribe (or nearby tribes) living around and east of the Rhine; it was first attested in the 1st century b.c. works of Julius Caesar and is of uncertain etymology. It was said by Strabo to derive from germānus (“close kin; genuine”), making it cognate with "germane" and "german", but this seems unsupported. Attempts to derive it from Germanic or Celtic roots are all problematic (although see Germany).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.ni.a]

Germānia f sg (genitive Germāniae); first declension

1. Germany in its various senses, including:
   1. (Classical Latin) the lands of the Germani, tribes living around the Rhine River in the 1st century b.c.
   2. (Medieval Latin) the lands of the Germans, sometimes inclusive of conquered areas in France, England, and Eastern Europe
   3. (New Latin) Germany, various Central European nation-states including:
      1. Holy Roman Empire (a former country in Central Europe)
      2. German Empire (a former country in Central Europe)
      3. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Alemānnia
• Teutonica

• Middle English: Germanie
• Irish: Gearmáin
• Italian: Germania
• Romanian: Germania
• Russian: Герма́ния (Germánija)
• Sicilian: Girmània

From Old English Germania, from Latin Germania, q.v.

Germania

1. alternative form of Germanie: Germania (a medieval region of Central Europe, occupied by those speaking Germanic languages, or a portion of it)

From Latin Germānia, q.v.

Ġermania f

1. land encompassing all of the Germanic speaking world
2. alternative form of Ġermanie: Germania (a medieval region of Central Europe, occupied by those speaking Germanic languages, or a portion of it)

Learned borrowing from Latin Germānia.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛrˈmaɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: Ger‧man‧ia

Germania f

1. (historical) Germania (an ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples)

• Germania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Ӂермания (Germania) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

From Latin Germānia. Equivalent to german +‎ -ia.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.a/

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Germania f

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

• “Germania”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Germania ?

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

• IPA^(key): /xeɾˈmanja/ [xeɾˈma.nja]
• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: Ger‧ma‧nia

Germania f

1. (historical) Germania (an ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples)

   Hyponyms: Germania Inferior, Germania Magna, Germania Superior