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.
2. (humorous, sometimes offensive) Germany.

Translations

historical region

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Գերմանիա (Germania)

• Catalan: Germània (ca) f
• Danish: Germanien ?
• Finnish: Germania (fi)
• 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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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Germānia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡermɑːniɑ/, [ˈɡe̞rmɑːˌniɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːniɑ
• Syllabification: Ger‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

Germania

1. (historical) Germania

Declension

Inflection of Germania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Germania	(Germaniat)
genitive		Germanian	(Germanioiden) (Germanioitten)
partitive		Germaniaa	(Germanioita)
illative		Germaniaan	(Germanioihin)
		singular	plural
nominative		Germania	(Germaniat)
accusative	nom.	Germania	(Germaniat)
	gen.	Germanian
genitive		Germanian	(Germanioiden) (Germanioitten) (Germaniainrare)
partitive		Germaniaa	(Germanioita)
inessive		Germaniassa	(Germanioissa)
elative		Germaniasta	(Germanioista)
illative		Germaniaan	(Germanioihin)
adessive		Germanialla	(Germanioilla)
ablative		Germanialta	(Germanioilta)
allative		Germanialle	(Germanioille)
essive		Germaniana	(Germanioina)
translative		Germaniaksi	(Germanioiksi)
instructive		—	(Germanioin)
abessive		Germaniatta	(Germanioitta)
comitative		—	(Germanioineen)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.

Possessive forms of Germania (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Germaniani	Germaniamme
2nd person	Germaniasi	Germanianne
3rd person	Germaniansa

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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/
• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: Ger‧mà‧nia

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

• agremani, 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/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːniä]

• 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.

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

Etymology

From Old English Germania, from Latin Germania, q.v.

Noun

Germania

1. Alternative form of Germanie

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Old English

Etymology

From Latin Germania, q.v.

Noun

Germania

1. Alternative form of Germanie

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Romanian

Germania

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.a/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Germania f

1. Germany

Related terms

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

 

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Sardinian

Proper noun

Germania ?

1. Germany (a country in Europe)

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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