Germania

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[edit] Italian

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Germània, /dʒerˈmanja/, /dZer"manja/

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Germania f.

  1. Germany. Official name: Repubblica Federale Tedesca.

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[edit] Etymology

The name came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it from a Gallic term for the peoples west of the Rhine that likely meant “neighbor”.[1][2]

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Germānia (genitive Germāniae); f, first declension

  1. Germany, ie. the land of the Germans

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nominative Germānia
genitive Germāniae
dative Germāniae
accusative Germāniam
ablative Germāniā
vocative Germānia
locative Germāniae

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ Schulze, Hagen [1998]. Germany: A New History, 4, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  2. ^ "German", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. Ed. T. F. Hoad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed March 4, 2008.

[edit] Romanian

Germania

[edit] Proper noun

Germania f.

  1. Germany (Germany)


This Romanian entry was created from the translations listed at Germany. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Germania in the Romanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2008

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