Carniola

American  

[kahr-nee-oh-luh, kahrn-yoh-] / ˌkɑr niˈoʊ lə, kɑrnˈyoʊ- /

noun

1. a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.

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Carniola British  

/ ˌkɑːnɪˈəʊlə /

noun

1. German name: Krain.  Slovene name: Kranj.  a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)

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Other Word Forms

• Carniolan
  adjective

Example Sentences

Grandsons purports to be the story, as told to Adamic himself, of three third-generation U. S.-Slovenes from Carniola.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Jugoslavia, especially in his little native province of Carniola, Adamic was almost a national hero.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both in Germany and in Austria-Hungary the production of lignite is large—in the first-named especially in the districts about Halle and Cologne; in the second in north-western Bohemia, Styria and Carniola.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The only two important mines in Europe are at Almaden, in Spain, and Idria, in Carniola.

From The Mines and its Wonders by Kingston, William Henry Giles

In 1814 Dalmatia was incorporated in Austria, while Istria, Carinthia, Carniola, G�rz and Gradisca became the Illyrian kingdom of Austria, and retained their united government until 1849.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various