Osterlicchi

Italian

Etymology

From Old High German Ostarrîchi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.sterˈlik.ki/
• Rhymes: -ikki
• Hyphenation: O‧ster‧lìc‧chi

Proper noun

Osterlicchi ?

1. (archaic) Austria
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 25–28; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Non fece al corso suo sì grosso velo
     di verno la Danoia in Osterlicchi,
     né Tanaï là sotto 'l freddo cielo,
     com'era quivi […]

     Along its course, the Danube in Austria during the winter never made such a thick crust as there was here, nor did the Don there, under the cold sky