Neustria

See also: neustria, nêustria, and Nêustria

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːstɹɪə/

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Neustria

  1. (historical) The western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
      There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood / Of Neustria come roring, with a crew / Of hungry whelpes []

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