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

Also John Franck, burgomaster at Guben in Lusatia, who died a.d.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

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

Ferdinand I, by his marriage with Anna, the sister of Louis II, King of Hungary, acquired the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia, with Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia, the appendages of Bohemia.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

In 1031 he recovered Lusatia and other districts, and in 1033 the Polish duke of Mesislaus did homage to him at Merseburg.

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