Bavaria

See also: Bavária

English

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 *bʰei(ə)-, *bʰī- (“to hit”). This name was adopted by the Marcomanni after defeating the Boii and settling Bohemia and parts of Bavaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈveəɹɪə/

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.

Translations

region

• Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: an Bhaváir f
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• Latvian: Bavārija f

kingdom

• Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
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• Interlingue:

state

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

  Mandarin: 拜恩 (zh) (Bái'ēn)

• Czech: Bavorsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bayern
• Dutch: Beieren (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bavarujo
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• French: Bavière (fr) f
• Galician: Baviera f
• Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
• German: Bayern (de) n

  Central Franconian: Bajore

• Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Baire n
• Icelandic: Bæjaraland
• Interlingue:
• Irish: An Bhaváir f
• Italian: Baviera (it) f
• Japanese: バイエルン (Baierun)
• Kashubian: Bajerë
• Korean: 바이에른 (Baiereun)
• Latvian: Bavārija
• Lithuanian: Bavarija
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• Macedonian: Баварија f (Bavarija)
• Manx: yn Vaveyr f
• Marathi: बव्हारिया m (bavhāriyā)
• Mongolian: Бавари (Bavari), Бавар (Bavar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bayern (no)

  Nynorsk: Bayern

• Old Norse: Beiaraland n
• Persian: باواریا (bâvâreyâ)
• 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
• Silesian: Bajery
• Slovak: Bavorsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Bavarska (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bayerska

  Upper Sorbian: Bayerska

• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Turkish: Bavyera (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)
• Volapük: Bayän (vo)
• Welsh: Bafaria f
• Yiddish: בײַערן (bayern)