Swabia

[ swey-bee-uh ]

/ ˈsweɪ bi ə /

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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.

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German Schwaben.

OTHER WORDS FROM Swabia

Swa·bi·an, noun, adjective

Words nearby Swabia

SW, S.W.A., swab, swabber, swabby, Swabia, Swabian, swacked, swaddle, swaddling clothes, swaddy

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How to use Swabia in a sentence

Donauwerth soon shared the same fate, and Nordlingen in Swabia was now invested.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
A quiet family of Swabia, a neutral family, saw its peace suddenly broken up.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
The river was formerly the boundary between Bavaria and Swabia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various
As a matter of fact the king and his lawyers triumphed, where the house of Swabia had failed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various

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

British Dictionary definitions for Swabia

Swabia

/ (ˈsweɪbɪə) /

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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