Lusatian
noun
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
lusatian
British
/ luːˈseɪʃɪən /
adjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Lusatia; a Sorb
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the Sorbian language
Etymology
Origin of Lusatian
Example Sentences
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Willkomm tells us, that the rest of the world, which “the cabin’d cribb’d” Lusatian has himself learned to call “o’ th’ outside,” has taken no cognisance of his beautiful hill country.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
It is, however, much more interspersed with German words; although not to such a degree as the Lower Lusatian dialect.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson
The sandstone range of the Elbe unites in the east with the low Lusatian group, along the east of which runs the best road from northern Germany to Bohemia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
Lower Lusatia, or the north-eastern part of the Lusatian territory, together with the adjacent circle of Cotbus in Brandenburg, has about the same number of Vendish inhabitants as the upper province.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson
The mind in which Burns imagined and chaunted his TAM-O'-SHANTER, is right down Upper Lusatian, in this key.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
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