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Austria

Aus·tri·a

(ô′strē-ə)

A landlocked country of central Europe. Settled by Celtic tribes, the region was conquered (15 bc-ad 10) by the Romans and later (8th century) by Charlemagne, who made it a border state of the Carolingian Empire. In the 13th century, Austria passed to the Habsburg family and remained the core of their vast holdings until the dissolution of Austria-Hungary in 1918, when Austria became a republic. Annexed by Adolf Hitler in 1938 and occupied by French, British, Soviet, and American forces in 1945 at the end of World War II, Austria regained full sovereignty in 1955. Vienna is the capital and the largest city.

Aus′tri·an adj. & n.

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Austria

(ˈɒstrɪə)

(Placename) a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles). German name: Österreich

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Aus•tri•a

(ˈɔ stri ə)

n.

a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich.

Aus′tri•an, adj., n.

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Austria - a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century

Oesterreich, Republic of Austria

battle of Wagram, Wagram - a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians

Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"

Tirol, Tyrol - a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy

Austrian capital, capital of Austria, Vienna - the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss

Graz - an industrial city is southeastern Austria

Lentia, Linz - city in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center

Salzburg - city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart

Innsbruck - city in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort

Wagram - a town in northeastern Austria

Alps, the Alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction

Brenner Pass - an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions

Danau, Danube, Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube"

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Tyrolean Alps - a popular tourist area in the Tyrol

Austrian - a native or inhabitant of Austria

Translations

النِمْسا

Австрия

Rakousko

Østrig

Österreich

Αυστρία

AŭstrioAŭstrujo

Austria

Austria

Itävalta

Autriche

Austrija

Ausztria

Austria

Austurríki

Austria austriaco

オーストリア墺太利

오스트리아

Austria

Austrija

Austria

Avstrija

Österrike

ประเทศออสเตรีย

Avusturya

Австрія

Áonước Áo

奥地利

Austria

[ˈɒstrɪə] N → Austria f

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Austria

[ˈɒstriə] n → Autriche f
in Austria → en Autriche

Austria

n → Österreich nt

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Austria

[ˈɒstrɪə] n → l'Austria

Austria

→ النِمْسا Rakousko Østrig Österreich Αυστρία Austria Itävalta Autriche Austrija Austria オーストリア 오스트리아 Oostenrijk Østerrike Austria Áustria Австрия Österrike ประเทศออสเตรีย Avusturya nước Áo 奥地利

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Another reason urged him to this - Anne of Austria was about to appear; the guilty mother was about to stand in the presence of her sacrificed son.

Then commenced, on the part of Anne of Austria, a political dissertation upon the welcome M.

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He had learned that the pretended message from Anne of Austria, upon the faith of which he had come to Paris, was a snare; but instead of regaining England, he had, abusing the position in which he had been placed, declared to the queen that he would not depart without seeing her.

It was thus he had succeeded in approaching several times the beautiful and proud Anne of Austria, and in making himself loved by dazzling her.

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Anne of Austria held the cards against the cardinal, and her daughter-in-law assisted her in the game, when she was not engaged in smiling at her husband.

It was a stagnation in which, full of pity for him, Anne of Austria would not have willingly left him; but in order to attract the attention of the sick man by some brilliant stroke, she must have either won or lost.

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"Really I don't care about that, I don't care at all," said Prince Andrew, beginning to understand that his news of the battle before Krems was really of small importance in view of such events as the fall of Austria's capital.

If Prussia joins the Allies, Austria's hand will be forced and there will be war.

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Not that he was a profound politician, nor was he borrowing trouble about the possible consequences of the marriage of his cousin Marguerite de Bourgoyne to his cousin Charles, Dauphin de Vienne; nor as to how long the good understanding which had been patched up between the Duke of Austria and the King of France would last; nor how the King of England would take this disdain of his daughter.

So he turned toward the door, and with the best grace in the world (so well had he trained himself to it), when the usher announced, in a sonorous voice, "Messieurs the Envoys of Monsieur the Duke of Austria." It is useless to add that the whole hall did the same.

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There was a secret communication between the cardinal's apartments and those of the queen; and through this corridor* Mazarin passed whenever he wished to visit Anne of Austria.

In the bedroom in which this passage ended, Bernouin encountered Madame de Beauvais, like himself intrusted with the secret of these subterranean love affairs; and Madame de Beauvais undertook to prepare Anne of Austria, who was in her oratory with the young king, Louis XIV., to receive the cardinal.