Swabia

[ swey-bee-uh ]

/ ˈsweɪ bi ə /

noun

a region and medieval duchy in SW Germany: it constituted the area presently included in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in S Germany.

German Schwaben.

OTHER WORDS FROM Swabia

Swa·bi·an, noun, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for swabian

The change came again in the afternoon after crossing the Bavarian frontier and climbing slowly up on to the Swabian plateau.

The New Germany |George Young
The Swabian league, the wealthiest cities of the empire, and particularly Charles V., had sworn his destruction.

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
The rule of the Swabian House is most intimately connected with Italian history.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI. |Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
Montgelas, the reforming Bavarian minister, treated the Tyrolese bishops with as little ceremony as the Swabian knights.

History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 |C. A. Fyffe

Why, is it not a fact that, to a Prussian, an Austrian or a Swabian is an alien?

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for swabian (1 of 2)

Swabian

/ (ˈsweɪbɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to the German region of Swabia or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Swabia

British Dictionary definitions for swabian (2 of 2)

Swabia

/ (ˈsweɪbɪə) /

noun

a region and former duchy (from the 10th century to 1313) of S Germany, now part of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria: part of West Germany until 1990 German name: Schwaben (ˈʃvaːbən)

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