Germania

See also: germania, germanía, Germània, and Germânia

English

Etymology

From Latin Germānia. Doublet of Germany.

Proper noun

Germania

1. (historical) Any of several geographical regions of different historical periods that were mainly inhabited by Germanic peoples.

Translations

historical region

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Գերմանիա (Germania)

• Catalan: Germània (ca) f
• Danish: Germanien ?
• French: Germanie (fr) f

• Galician: Xermania f
• German: Germanien (de) n
• Latin: Germānia (la) f
• Polish: Germania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Germânia (pt) f
• Spanish: Germania (es) f

Anagrams

• Megarian, mangarie

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmani̯a/

Proper noun

Germania

1. Germany

Derived terms

• Germaniano

Related terms

• Germano

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɾˈma.nja/

Proper noun

Germania

1. Germany

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Germānia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.nja/

Proper noun

Germania f

1. Germany. Official name: Repubblica Federale Tedesca.

Related terms

• germanico
• germanio
• germanismo
• germanista
• germanizzare
• germano
• germanofilia
• germanofobia

 

See also

• tedesco
• Alemagna

Anagrams

• emargina, magnerai, mangerai, mangeria, mangiare

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Latin

Etymology

From Germānī +‎ -ia. Germani was an exonym applied by the Romans to a tribe (or nearby tribes) living around and east of the Rhine; it was first attested in the 1st century b.c. works of Julius Caesar and is of uncertain etymology. It was said by Strabo to derive from germānus (“close kin; genuine”), making it cognate with "germane" and "german", but this seems unsupported. Attempts to derive it from Germanic or Celtic roots are all problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmaː.ni.a/, [ɡɛrˈmäːniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.a/, [d͡ʒɛrˈmɑːniɑ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Proper noun

Germānia f sg (genitive Germāniae); first declension

1. Germany in its various senses, including:
   1. (Classical Latin) the lands of the Germani, tribes living around the Rhine River in the 1st century b.c.
   2. (Medieval Latin) the lands of the Germans, sometimes inclusive of conquered areas in France, England, and Eastern Europe
   3. (New Latin) Germany, various Central European nation-states including the Holy Roman Empire, the German Empire, and the Federal Republic of Germany

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Germānia
Genitive	Germāniae
Dative	Germāniae
Accusative	Germāniam
Ablative	Germāniā
Vocative	Germānia

Synonyms

• Alemānnia
• Teutonica

Related terms

• germānicus, Germānicus
• Germānus

 

Descendants

• English: Germany
• Irish: Gearmáin
• Italian: Germania
• Romanian: Germania
• Russian: Герма́ния (Germánija)
• Sicilian: Girmània

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Middle English

Noun

Germania

1. Alternative form of Germanie

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Romanian

Germania

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.a/

Proper noun

Germania f

1. Germany

Related terms

• german
• Germania de Est
• Germania de Vest
• germanic
• germanist

 

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾˈmanja/, [xeɾˈma.nja]

Proper noun

Germania f

1. (historical) Germania

   Hyponyms: Germania Inferior, Germania Magna, Germania Superior