Meanings
- historicalA historical region of the Holy Roman and Austrian empires that comprised parts of what is now Slovenia.
Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...
1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2
Origin
- Medieval LatinCarniola
- EnglishCarniola
From Medieval Latin Carniola, probably a diminutive or derivative built on Carnia (“land of the Carni”), from the ancient pre-Roman tribe, the Carni.
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German Krain
- Krainhistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Greek Καρνιόλα
- Καρνιόλα (Karnióla)historical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Hungarian Krajna
- Krajnahistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Italian Carniola
- Carniolahistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Latin Carniola, Carneola
- Carniolahistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
- Carneolahistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Polish Kraina
- Krainahistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Spanish Carniola
- Carniolahistorical regional comprising parts of modern Slovenia
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Carniola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carniola
“Carniola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carniola. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Carniola,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carniola.
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