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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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The elk, nicknamed Emil, was tranquilised by Austrian wildlife officials on Monday after straying dangerously close to a motorway near the village of Sattledt, Upper Austria.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

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

Two provinces, Salzburg and Upper Austria, accounted for 45% of Thursday's new cases.

From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2021

On the evening of the 13th of November we arrived at Lintz, the capital of Upper Austria, but at the time I speak of one vast barrack.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Charles James Lever

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