Austria

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Austria

/ˈɒstɹiə/
/ˈɔːstɹiə/
/ˈɒstɹi.ə/ UK
/ˈɔːstɹɪ.ə/ UK, dated
/ˈɔstɹɪjə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɔstɾe.ə/ Scotland, UK
/ˈɒstɾi.ə/ UK, Wales
/ˈɔstɹi.ə/ US
/ˈɑstɹi.ə/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈɔstɹi.ə/ Australia
/ˈɒstɹi.ə/ New Zealand
[ˈɔ̟stɹi.ə] New Zealand
/ˈɔstɹi.jɐ/ Philippines

Where it comes from

From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi, the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, eastern for more.

Distantly cognate to Australia: it derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin, where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasia.

proper noun

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna. Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oesterreich, hungary, estonia, switzerland, italy, sweden, austrian, belgium, netherlands, germany, tunisia, spain, uruguay, argentina, vienna, australia

Translations

Every language

name country in Central Europe

Español	Austria
한국어	오스트리아 Oseuteuria
日本語	オーストリア Ōsutoria, 墺太利 Ōsutoria
中文	奧地利 /奥地利 Àodìlì
हिन्दी	ऑस्ट्रिया ŏsṭriyā
Kiswahili	Austria
Português	Áustria
Français	Autriche
Deutsch	Österreich
Italiano	Austria
Ελληνικά	Αυστρία Afstría
Română	Austria
Русский	А́встрия Ávstrija
Tiếng Việt	Áo, Áo Địa Lợi
العربية	النَّمْسَا an-namsā, النِّمْسَا an-nimsā
עברית	אוֹסְטְרִיָּה óstriya

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@misc{austria_2026,
  title = {Austria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/austria},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}