Bavaria

See also: Bavária

English

Alternative forms

• Bavary (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin Bavaria, from Medieval Latin Baioarii (“Bavarians”), from Latin Boiuvarii (literally “Boii settlers”), a compound of a Gaulish word meaning “cattle owner” (from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cow”)) + Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“settler”). Alternatively, Pokorny proposes that the first element is a word meaning “warrior”, derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”). This name was adopted by the Marcomanni after defeating the Boii and settling Bohemia and parts of Bavaria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈvɛəɹiːə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiə

Proper noun

Bavaria

1. A historical region in Central Europe.
2. The kingdom of Bavaria.
3. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation, which includes the historical Bavaria and parts of Swabia and Franconia.

Derived terms

• Bavarian
• Lower Bavaria
• Upper Bavaria

Translations

region

• Afrikaans: Beiere
• Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Asturian: Baviera (ast)
• Bulgarian: Бава́рия f (Bavárija)
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• Friulian: Baviere f
• Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
• German: Bayern (de)
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Irish: an Bhaváir f
• Italian: Baviera (it) f, Bavaria (it) f
• Latvian: Bavārija f
• Portuguese: Baviera f, Bavária f
• Sicilian: Baviera f, Bavària f
• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)

kingdom

• Afrikaans: Beiere
• Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Asturian: Baviera (ast)
• Bulgarian: Кра́лство Бава́рия n (Králstvo Bavárija)
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• Georgian: ბავარიის სამეფო (bavariis samepo)
• German: Königreich Bayern m
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Portuguese: Baviera f
• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Ukrainian: Королівство Баварія n (Korolivstvo Bavarija)

state

• Afrikaans: Beiere
• Albanian: Bavaria
• Arabic: بَافَارِيَّا f (bāfāriyyā), بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Armenian: Բավարիա (hy) (Bavaria)
• Asturian: Baviera (ast)
• Bavarian: Boarn, Boian, Bayern
• Belarusian: Баварыя f (Bavaryja)
• Bulgarian: Бава́рия f (Bavárija)
• Catalan: Baviera (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴伐利亚 (zh) (Bāfálìyà)拜恩 (zh) (Bái'ēn),拜仁 (báirén)

• Corsican: Baviera f
• Czech: Bavorsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bayern
• Dutch: Beieren (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bavarujo
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• French: Bavière (fr) f
• Friulian: Baviere f
• Galician: Baviera (gl) f
• Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
• German: Bayern (de) n
• Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Baire n
• Icelandic: Bæjaraland
• Irish: An Bhaváir f
• Italian: Baviera (it) f
• Japanese: バイエルン (Baierun)
• Kashubian: Bajerë
• Korean: 바이에른 (Baiereun)
• Latvian: Bavārija
• Lithuanian: Bavarija
• Macedonian: Баварија f (Bavarija)
• Manx: yn Vaveyr f
• Marathi: बव्हारिया m (bavhāriyā)
• Mongolian: Бавари (Bavari), Бавар (Bavar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bayern (no)

  Nynorsk: Bayern

• Occitan: Bavièra f, Baviera f
• Old English: Bægwaraland, Bægeraland
• Old Norse: Beiaraland n
• Old Polish: Bawory f pl
• Persian: باواریا (bâvâriyâ)
• Polish: Bawaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Baviera f, Bavária f
• Punjabi: ਬਾਈਆਨ (bāīāna)
• Romanian: Bavaria f
• Russian: Бава́рия (ru) f (Bavárija)
• Samogitian: Bavarėjė
• Scots: Bavarie
• Serbo-Croatian: Bavarska (sh) f
• Sicilian: Baviera f
• Silesian: Bajery
• Slovak: Bavorsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Bavarska (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bayerska

  Upper Sorbian: Bayerska, Baworska f

• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Turkish: Bavyera (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)
• Vietnamese: Bây-ơn
• Volapük: Bayän (vo)
• Welsh: Bafaria f
• West Frisian: Beieren n
• Yiddish: בײַערן (bayern)