Austrasia

American  

[aw-strey-zhuh, -shuh] / ɔˈstreɪ ʒə, -ʃə /

noun

1. the E part of the former kingdom of the Franks, comprising parts of what is now NE France, W Germany, and Belgium. Metz.

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Austrasia British  

/ -ʃə, ɒˈstreɪʒə /

noun

1. the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 _ad until 814 _ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany

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Austrasia

Ostervranken, according to von der Hagen, is Austrasia, or the Eastern portion of the Empire of the Franks, afterward, though in a more restricted sense, the Circle of Franconia.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Strife began again in 613 in consequence of Theuderich’s desire to join Austrasia to Neustria, but his death delivered the kingdoms into the hands of Clotaire II.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

Partitions had split it; feudalism had begun to honeycomb it; incessant wars had destroyed its core, the fighting Franks of Austrasia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The Austrasia, 2718 tons register, was almost totally dismasted near the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic, on her maiden passage, while bound from Liverpool to Calcutta with a cargo of salt.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

Let us now go out and give a worthy reception to this daughter of a King, this wife of a King, this grandmother and great-grandmother of Kings—Brunhild, Queen of Burgundy and Austrasia!

From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène