Swabia

[swey-bee-uh]

noun

a region and medieval duchy in SW Germany: it constituted the area presently included in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in S Germany.

German Schwaben.

Related formsSwa·bi·an, noun, adjective

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Historical Examples of swabia

Used for lamps in Swabia and Wurtemberg, and as an application to bruises.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Surely not Prussia, not Swabia, nor this nor that, but all side by side comprise the German brotherhood of race and language.
Blood and Iron
John Hubert Greusel
The wand by which they are hurled must, at least in some parts of Swabia, be of hazel.
Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I.
Sir James George Frazer
Here the daughters of the greatest families of Switzerland and Swabia used to take the veil.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III
J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Bavaria and Swabia yielded, but, mainly through the fault of the king himself, their submission was of brief duration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7
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British Dictionary definitions for swabia

Swabia

noun

a region and former duchy (from the 10th century to 1313) of S Germany, now part of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria: part of West Germany until 1990German name: Schwaben (ˈʃvaːbən)

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