Lotharingia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, from Lōtharingus (“a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian”) + -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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌləʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌloʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒi.ə/, /ˌloʊ.θəɹˈɪn.dʒi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiə
• Hyphenation: Lo‧tha‧rin‧gi‧a

Lotharingia

2. (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.

• Lotharingian

• Lothringia, Lorraine

• hariolating

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).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫoː.tʰaˈrɪŋ.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lo.taˈrin̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.a]

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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• → Arabic: لُوثَارِينْجِيَا (lūṯārīnjiyā)
• → Bulgarian: Лотарингия (Lotaringija)
• Catalan: Lotaríngia
• → English: Lotharingia
• → Greek: Λοθαριγγία (Lotharingía)
• Italian: Lotaringia
• → Macedonian: Лотарингија (Lotaringija)
• Middle French: Lotharingie
  • French: Lotharingie
    • → Iranian Persian: لوتارنَژی (lotâranži)
• → Polish: Lotaryngia
• Portuguese: Lotaríngia
• Spanish: Lotaringia
• → Russian: Лотарингия (Lotaringija)
• → Ukrainian: Лотарингія (Lotarynhija)