Carinthia

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Carantania. Possibly of Celtic origin; compare Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”). The Latin toponym was also borrowed into Slavic as Proto-Slavic *korǫtanъ (with an adjective *korǫtьskъ); compare Czech Korutany and Slovene Koroška (“Carinthia”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix change unexplained—influenced by Greek -ινθος (-inthos)?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪnθiə/
• Hyphenation: Ca‧rin‧thia
• Rhymes: -ɪnθiə

Proper noun

Carinthia

2. (historical)A former duchy and historical region of Central Europe, now split politically between Austria and Slovenia.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

4. A state of Austria. Capital: Klagenfurt.
6. A traditional region in northern Slovenia.

   Synonym: Slovenian Carinthia

Coordinate terms

states of Austriaedit

• Burgenland
• Carinthia
• Lower Austria
• Salzburg
• Styria
• Tyrol
• Upper Austria
• Vienna
• Vorarlberg

Related terms

• Carinthian

Translations

state of Austria

• Armenian: Կարինթիա (Karintʻia)
• Bavarian: Karntn
• Bengali: কের্ণ্টেন (kernṭen)
• Catalan: Caríntia
• Czech: Korutany (cs) pl, Korutansko (cs) n
• Danish: Kärnten
• Dutch: Karinthië
• Finnish: Kärnten
• French: Carinthie (fr) f
• Galician: Carintia
• Georgian: კარინტია (ḳarinṭia)
• German: Kärnten (de) n
• Greek: Καρινθία (el) f (Karinthía)
• Hungarian: Karintia (hu)
• Italian: Carinzia (it) f
• Ladin: Ciarënzia f
• Macedonian: Корушка f (Koruška)
• Marathi: करिंथिया (karinthiyā)
• Polish: Karyntia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Caríntia f
• Romanian: Carintia f
• Russian: Кари́нтия (ru) f (Karíntija)
• Slovene: Koróška (sl) f
• Spanish: Carintia f

region in Slovenia

• Bavarian: Karntn
• Bengali: কের্ণ্টেন (kernṭen)
• Finnish: Carinthia
• Macedonian: Корушка f (Koruška)
• Slovene: Koróška (sl) f, Slovénska Koróška f

Further reading

• Carinthia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Carinthia f

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Caríntia.