Lusatia

American  

[loo-sey-shee-uh, -shuh] / luˈseɪ ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun

1. a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.

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Lusatia British  

/ luːˈseɪʃɪə /

noun

1. a region of central Europe, lying between the upper reaches of the Elbe and Oder Rivers: now mostly in E Germany, extending into SW Poland; inhabited chiefly by Sorbs

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Example Sentences

In 1815 the town, with the greater part of Upper Lusatia, came into the possession of Prussia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Boleslaus of Poland, who was now a very powerful sovereign, having conquered Lusatia and Silesia, brought Bohemia also under his rule and was soon at variance with the German king.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

Valdemar thus gathered the whole of the mark under his rule, together with upper and lower Lusatia, and various outlying districts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The German war was terminated in 1018 by the peace of Bautzen, greatly to the advantage of Boleslaus, who retained Lusatia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

Electoral Saxony received Lusatia and part of the territory of Magdeburg.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard