Neustria

[ noo-stree-uh, nyoo- ]

/ ˈnu stri ə, ˈnyu- /

noun

the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.

OTHER WORDS FROM Neustria

Neus·tri·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for neustria

Brittany was still savagely independent, however, and the northern coasts of Neustria were ravaged by the Northmen.
Normandy|G. E. Mitton
He did not rest in Neustria, for the desire was upon him to preach to the heathen.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Wherever a land could be easily divided into east and west, there was an Austria, and its negative a Neustria.
Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice|Edward A. Freeman
Though destroyed by the barbarians, by the 6th century it had become one of the most important towns of Neustria.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

All these contes dévots, and many others, you will find recorded in the Neustria Pia.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2)|Dawson Turner

British Dictionary definitions for neustria

Neustria

/ (ˈnjuːstrɪə) /

noun

the western part of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, formed in 561 ad in what is now N France

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