Swabia

[ swey-bee-uh ]

/ ˈsweɪ bi ə /

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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Examples from the Web for 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|Various

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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