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name of Austria
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Name of Austria
The
German
name of
Austria
, , derives from the
Old High German
word "
eastern
realm
", recorded in the so-called
Ostarrîchi Document
of 996, applied to the
Margraviate of Austria
, a
march
, or borderland, of the
Duchy of Bavaria
created in 976. The name is directly comparable in motivation to
Austrasia
, the term for the "eastern lands" of
Francia
recorded from about the same time.
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