Neustria
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Neustria
- (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 edit
western part of the Frankish empire