Styria
English
Alternative forms
- Stiria (dated)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Styria, variant of Stiria, from Stira (“the Austrian city of Steyr”) + -ia (forming place names). Although no longer part of Styria, Steyr was the site of the court of the margraves of the March of Styria. It was itself named for its position at the confluence of the Steyr and Enns rivers.
Proper noun
Styria
- A southeastern state of Austria.
- (historical) The Duchy of Styria, a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia.
- (historical) A former Austrian marchland.
Coordinate terms
- (states of Austria) state of Austria; Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna (Category: en:States of Austria)
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Polish
Declension
declension of Styria
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Styria |
| genitive | Styrii |
| dative | Styrii |
| accusative | Styrię |
| instrumental | Styrią |
| locative | Styrii |
| vocative | Styrio |
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