Swabia

English

Alternative forms

• Suabia, Svabia (dated)

Etymology

From Latin Suābia, earlier Suēbia, from the Suēbī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swēbaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweɪbi.ə/

Proper noun

Swabia

1. (historical) A historical region in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany.
2. An administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Bavaria, Germany. Seat: Augsburg.

Derived terms

• New Swabia
• Swabian
• Swabish

Translations

historical region of Germany

• Arabic: صُوَابَة (ṣuwābah)
• Armenian: Շվաբիա (Švabia)
• Bavarian: Schwobm
• Catalan: Suàbia f
• Czech: Švábsko (cs) n
• Danish: Schwaben
• Dutch: Zwaben
• Finnish: Svaabia
• French: Souabe (fr) f
• Georgian: შვაბია (švabia)
• German: Schwaben (de) n, Schwabenland (de) n, Schwabenländle n (humorous)
• Greek: Σουαβία (el) f (Souavía)
• Hungarian: Svábföld (hu)
• Icelandic: Sváfaland
• Irish: an Suáib f, an Sváib f
• Italian: Svevia (it) f
• Latin: Suābia f, Suēbia f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Swoaben (Gronings)

• Marathi: स्वाबिया (svābiyā)
• Norwegian: Schwaben
• Occitan: Soàvia f
• Old Norse: Sváfaland n, Sváfi m
• Portuguese: Suábia f
• Romanian: Suabia f
• Russian: Шва́бия (ru) f (Švábija)
• Serbo-Croatian: Švabija, Švapska (sh)
• Slovene: Švabska f
• Spanish: Suabia f
• Swabian: Schwobeland
• Swedish: Schwaben (sv)
• Tagalog: Suwabya
• Ukrainian: Шва́бія f (Švábija)
• Volapük: Jvabän (vo)

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