Bavaria - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From New Latin Bavaria, from Medieval Latin Baioarii (“Bavarians”), from Latin Boiuvarii (literally “Boii settlers”), a compound of a Gaulish word meaning “cattle owner” (from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cow”)) + Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“settler”). Alternatively, Pokorny proposes that the first element is a word meaning “warrior”, derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”). This name was adopted by the Marcomanni after defeating the Boii and settling Bohemia and parts of Bavaria.
Bavaria
- A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.
region
- Afrikaans: Beiere
- Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
- Asturian: Baviera (ast)
- Bulgarian: Бава́рия f (Bavárija)
- Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
- Friulian: Baviere f
- Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
- German: Bayern (de)
- Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
- Hindi: बवेरिया (baveriyā)
- Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
- Irish: an Bhaváir f
- Italian: Baviera (it) f, Bavaria (it) f
- Latvian: Bavārija f
- Portuguese: Baviera f, Bavária f
- Russian: Бавария (ru) f (Bavarija)
- Sicilian: Baviera f, Bavària f
- Spanish: Baviera (es) f
- Swedish: Bayern (sv)
- Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)
kingdom
- Afrikaans: Beiere
- Arabic: بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
- Asturian: Baviera (ast)
- Bulgarian: Кра́лство Бава́рия n (Králstvo Bavárija)
- Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
- Georgian: ბავარიის სამეფო (bavariis samepo)
- German: Königreich Bayern m
- Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
- Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
- Portuguese: Baviera f
- Spanish: Baviera (es) f
- Swedish: Bayern (sv)
- Ukrainian: Королівство Баварія n (Korolivstvo Bavarija)
state
- Afrikaans: Beiere
- Albanian: Bavaria
- Arabic: بَافَارِيَّا f (bāfāriyyā), بفاريا m (bafāriyā)
- Armenian: Բավարիա (hy) (Bavaria)
- Asturian: Baviera (ast)
- Belarusian: Баварыя f (Bavaryja)
- Bulgarian: Бава́рия f (Bavárija)
- Catalan: Baviera (ca)
- Chinese:
- Corsican: Baviera f
- Czech: Bavorsko (cs) n
- Danish: Bayern
- Dutch: Beieren (nl) n
- Esperanto: Bavarujo
- Finnish: Baijeri (fi)
- French: Bavière (fr) f
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: Beieren n
- Friulian: Baviere f
- Galician: Baviera (gl) f
- Georgian: ბავარია (bavaria)
- German: Bayern (de) n
- Greek: Βαυαρία (el) f (Vavaría)
- Hungarian: Bajorország (hu)
- Hunsrik: Baire n
- Icelandic: Bæjaraland
- Irish: An Bhaváir f
- Italian: Baviera (it) f
- Japanese: バイエルン (Baierun)
- Kashubian: Bajerë
- Korean: 바이에른 (Baiereun)
- Latvian: Bavārija
- Lithuanian: Bavarija
- Macedonian: Баварија f (Bavarija)
- Manx: yn Vaveyr f
- Marathi: बव्हारिया m (bavhāriyā)
- Mongolian: Бавари (Bavari), Бавар (Bavar)
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: Bavièra f, Baviera f
- Old Norse: Beiaraland n
- Persian: باواریا (bâvâriyâ)
- Polish: Bawaria (pl) f
- Old Polish: Bawory f pl
- Portuguese: Baviera f, Bavária f
- Punjabi: ਬਾਈਆਨ (bāīāna)
- Romanian: Bavaria f
- Russian: Бава́рия (ru) f (Bavárija)
- Samogitian: Bavarėjė
- Scots: Bavarie
- Serbo-Croatian: Bavarska (sh) f
- Sicilian: Baviera f
- Silesian: Bajery
- Slovak: Bavorsko (sk) n
- Slovene: Bavarska (sl) f
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: Baviera (es) f
- Swedish: Bayern (sv)
- Thai: บาวาเรีย
- Turkish: Bavyera (tr)
- Ukrainian: Бава́рія f (Bavárija)
- Vietnamese: Bây-ơn
- Volapük: Bayän (vo)
- Welsh: Bafaria f
- Yiddish: בײַערן (bayern)
| Area states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia |
| City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg |