Pannonia

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/pəˈnəʊ̯.ni.ə/UK/pəˈnəʊ̯.niː.ə/Canada, US/pəˈnoʊ̯.ni.ə/Australia/pəˈnəʉ̯.niː.ə/

proper noun

A geographic region and former province of the Roman Empire in central-eastern Europe, existing as a single province from c. 9 AD to 107 AD and as multiple related provinces until 433 AD; located in modern western Hungary, western Slovakia, eastern Austria, northern Croatia, northwestern Serbia, northern Slovenia and northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

OriginLatin Pannonia ← Proto-Indo-European *pen- →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA geographic region and former province of the Roman Empire in central-eastern Europe, existing as a single province from c. 9 AD to 107 AD and as multiple related provinces until 433 AD; located in modern western Hungary, western Slovakia, eastern Austria, northern Croatia, northwestern Serbia, northern Slovenia and northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pen-
  2. LatinPannonia
  3. EnglishPannonia

Learned borrowing from Latin Pannonia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“moist; wet; mud; swamp; water”), thus meaning (and ultimately related to) fen /fenland.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Πᾰννονῐ́ᾱ
  • Πᾰννονῐ́ᾱ (Pănnonĭ́ā)province of the Roman Empire
Brazilian Portuguese Panônia
  • Panôniaprovince of the Roman Empire
Chinese Mandarin 潘諾尼亞 /潘诺尼亚
  • 潘諾尼亞 /潘诺尼亚 (Pānnuòníyà)province of the Roman Empire
Dutch Pannonië
  • Pannoniëprovince of the Roman Empire
European Portuguese Panónia
  • Panóniaprovince of the Roman Empire
German Pannonien
  • Pannonienprovince of the Roman Empire
Greek Παννονία
  • Παννονία (Pannonía)province of the Roman Empire
Italian Pannònia
  • Pannòniaprovince of the Roman Empire
Latin Pannonia
  • Pannoniaprovince of the Roman Empire
Polish Panonia
  • Panoniaprovince of the Roman Empire
Russian Панно́ния
  • Панно́ния (Pannónija)province of the Roman Empire
Spanish Panonia
  • Panoniaprovince of the Roman Empire
Swedish Pannonien
  • Pannonienprovince of the Roman Empire
Ukrainian Панно́нія
  • Панно́нія (Pannónija)province of the Roman Empire

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Pannonia

EstoniamacedoniaammoniaPatagoniaCataloniaLivoniaLaconiaharmoniasinfoniaSnowdoniaFranconiaFreedoniaPoloniabegoniaAmbazoniaBabyloniaheliconiaWalloniaCydoniaPaeoniaSlavoniaSophroniawatsoniadysphonia
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Cite this entry
APA

Pannonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pannonia

MLA

“Pannonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pannonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pannonia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pannonia.

Source: Pannonia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.