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Lotharingia

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    Borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, from Lōtharingus (a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian) + Latin -ia (suffix forming country names). Doublet of Lorraine.

    Lothair II inherited this land from his father Lothair I upon the partition of Middle Francia. More at Chlothar.

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    Lotharingia

    1. (historical) A historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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      From Medieval Latin Lōtharingus (a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian) + Latin -ia (suffix forming country names).

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      Lōtharingia f sg (genitive Lōtharingiae); first declension

      1. (historical) Lotharingia (a historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)

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      First-declension noun, singular only.

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