Neustria

See also: neustria, nêustria, and Nêustria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. further origins,compare Austrasia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːstɹɪə/

Proper noun

Neustria

1. (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 […]

Translations

western part of the Frankish empire

• French: Neustrie (fr) f
• German: Neustrien
• Portuguese: Nêustria f

See also

• Austrasia
• Austria

Anagrams

• austrine, instaure, resiaunt, ruinates, taurines, uranites, urinates