Neustria
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria. An origin from *Ni-oster-rike, meaning "northeastern kingdom"[1] or "not the eastern kingdom"[2] has been proposed; see Proto-West Germanic *austr and *rīkī, also Gothic and Proto-Norse ni. For further origins, compare Austrasia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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[edit]Neustria
- (historical) The western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood / Of Neustria come roring, with a crew / Of hungry whelpes […]
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[edit]western part of the Frankish empire
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