Bavaria

See also: Bavária

English

Alternative forms

• Bavary (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin Bavaria, from Medieval Latin Baioarii (“Bavarians”), from Latin Boiuvarii (literally “Boii settlers”), a compound of a Gaulish word meaning “cattle owner” (from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cow”)) + Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“settler”). Alternatively, Pokorny proposes that the first element is a word meaning “warrior”, derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”). This name was adopted by the Marcomanni after defeating the Boii and settling Bohemia and parts of Bavaria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈvɛəɹi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə

Proper noun

Bavaria

2. A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

Derived terms

• Bavarian
• Lower Bavaria
• Upper Bavaria

Translations

region

• Afrikaans: Beiere
• Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Asturian: Baviera (ast)
• Bulgarian: Бава́рия f (Bavárija)
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• Friulian: Baviere f
• Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
• German: Bayern (de)
• Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Irish: an Bhaváir f
• Italian: Baviera (it) f, Bavaria (it) f
• Latvian: Bavārija f
• Portuguese: Baviera f, Bavária f
• Russian: Бавария (ru) f (Bavarija)
• Sicilian: Baviera f, Bavària f
• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)

kingdom

• Afrikaans: Beiere
• Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Asturian: Baviera (ast)
• Bulgarian: Кра́лство Бава́рия n (Králstvo Bavárija)
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• Georgian: ბავარიის სამეფო (bavariis samepo)
• German: Königreich Bayern m
• Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Portuguese: Baviera f
• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Ukrainian: Королівство Баварія n (Korolivstvo Bavarija)

state

• Afrikaans: Beiere
• Albanian: Bavaria
• Arabic: بَافَارِيَّا f (bāfāriyyā), بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
• Armenian: Բավարիա (hy) (Bavaria)
• Asturian: Baviera (ast)
• Bavarian: Boarn, Boian, Bayern
• Belarusian: Баварыя f (Bavaryja)
• Bulgarian: Бава́рия f (Bavárija)
• Catalan: Baviera (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴伐利亚 (zh) (Bāfálìyà)拜恩 (zh) (Bái'ēn), 拜仁 (báirén)

• Corsican: Baviera f
• Czech: Bavorsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bayern
• Dutch: Beieren (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bavarujo
• Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
• French: Bavière (fr) f
• Friulian: Baviere f
• Galician: Baviera (gl) f
• Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
• German: Bayern (de) n
• Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
• Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Baire n
• Icelandic: Bæjaraland
• Irish: An Bhaváir f
• Italian: Baviera (it) f
• Japanese: バイエルン (Baierun)
• Kashubian: Bajerë
• Korean: 바이에른 (Baiereun)
• Latvian: Bavārija
• Lithuanian: Bavarija
• Macedonian: Баварија f (Bavarija)
• Manx: yn Vaveyr f
• Marathi: बव्हारिया m (bavhāriyā)
• Mongolian: Бавари (Bavari), Бавар (Bavar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bayern (no)

  Nynorsk: Bayern

• Occitan: Bavièra f, Baviera f
• Old English: Bægwaraland, Bægeraland
• Old Norse: Beiaraland n
• Old Polish: Bawory f pl
• Persian: باواریا (bâvâriyâ)
• Polish: Bawaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Baviera f, Bavária f
• Punjabi: ਬਾਈਆਨ (bāīāna)
• Romanian: Bavaria f
• Russian: Бава́рия (ru) f (Bavárija)
• Samogitian: Bavarėjė
• Scots: Bavarie
• Serbo-Croatian: Bavarska (sh) f
• Sicilian: Baviera f
• Silesian: Bajery
• Slovak: Bavorsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Bavarska (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bayerska

  Upper Sorbian: Bayerska, Baworska f

• Spanish: Baviera (es) f
• Swedish: Bayern (sv)
• Turkish: Bavyera (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)
• Vietnamese: Bây-ơn
• Volapük: Bayän (vo)
• Welsh: Bafaria f
• West Frisian: Beieren n
• Yiddish: בײַערן (bayern)