Meanings
- datedDated form of Swabia.
The art of tinging glass by protoxide of copper and flashing it on crown glass, has of late years been revived by the Tyne Company of England, at Chiosy in France, and in Suabia in Germany, and in 1827 the Academy of Arts at Berlin gave a premium for an imperfect receipt.
1847, editorial staff, “Painting on Glass”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 721 more example
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 & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2
Origin
- LatinSuābia
- EnglishSuabia
From Latin Suābia. See Swabia.
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