Lusatia

English

Geographic location of Lusatia.

Etymology

New Latin, from Sorbian łužicy, łuža (“swamp, swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža (“pool, puddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈseɪʃə/

Proper noun

Lusatia

1. A region of Central Europe, in modern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
   • 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Synonyms

• Sorbia

Derived terms

• Lower Lusatia
• Lusatian
• Upper Lusatia

Translations

region

• Belarusian: Лужы́ца f (Lužýca)
• Catalan: Lusàcia
• Czech: Lužice (cs)
• French: Lusace (fr) f
• German: Lausitz (de) f
• Italian: Lusazia (it) f
• Marathi: लुसेशिया (luseśiyā)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: Lausitz

• Polish: Łużyce (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Lusácia f
• Russian: Лу́жица (ru) f (Lúžica), Ла́узиц m (Láuzic)
• Silesian: Łużyca
• Slovak: Lužica f
• Slovene: Lužica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Łužyca f

  Upper Sorbian: Łužica f

• Spanish: Lusacia
• Ukrainian: Лу́жиця f (Lúžycja)
• Yiddish: לוזשיץ f (luzhits)