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Carniola

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

noun

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


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

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

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With the exception of the Idria and the Wippach, which as tributaries of the Isonzo belong to the basin of the Adriatic, Carniola belongs to the watershed of the Save.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

Probably the people of modern Austrian Carniola, which lies south of Styria and west of Croatia.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Westward from 472 Warasdin, and along the borders of Styria, Carniola, Istria, Dalmatia and north-western Bosnia, the frontier is generally mountainous and follows an irregular course.

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

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