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Upper Austria

American  

noun

  1. a province in N Austria. 4,631 sq. mi. (11,995 sq. km). Linz.


Upper Austria British  

noun

  1. German name: Oberösterreich.  a state of N Austria: first divided from Lower Austria in 1251. Capital: Linz. Pop: 1 387 086 (2003 est). Area: 11 978 sq km (4625 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Now researchers studying this mummy have finally matched the anonymous little boy with a name: Reichard Wilhelm, part of the elite Starhemberg family of Upper Austria.

From Scientific American Oct. 28, 2022

Hospitals, especially those in the hardest hit regions of Salzburg and Upper Austria, are overwhelmed as the number of coronavirus patients rises in intensive care units.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2021

The situation is worst in two of Austria's nine provinces, Upper Austria and Salzburg, where hospitals are coming under increasing strain.

From Reuters Nov. 17, 2021

Upper Austria, which borders Germany and the Czech Republic and has a population of 1.5 million, has the country's highest level of infection and the lowest vaccination rate.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2021

The peasants of Upper Austria also rebelled against Ferdinand's efforts to force his religion upon them.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

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