| 单词 | low germany |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLow Germany b. With capital initial. Prefixed to the names of countries or districts, designating the part near to the sea, as Low Germany, Low Egypt, etc. Now historical or in the comparative (see lower adj. 3).Some related uses are treated as main entries: see Low Dutch n., Low German n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [adjective] lowa1398 maritimal1587 seaboard1590 sea-bordering1597 maritime1598 maritimate1601 marine1610 blue-washed1790 bismarine1808 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Germanic region > [noun] > Germany Dutchland1547 Low Germany1577 fatherland1680 Hunland1916 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. cxliii. 808 Semigallia is a [litil] prouynce..in þe lowe Asia [L. in inferiori mesia]. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 3 Egipte þe hie and þe lawe [Fr. la haute et la basse]. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 107/2 in Chron. I All alongst the Sea coastes of lowe Germanie. 1600 J. Norden Vicissitudo Rerum sig. F Spaine, Italy, France, high, low Germany, And England Northmost, equall with the best. 1737 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations VI. 157 Those Bohemians, who within a few Years have made Inroads through High and Low Germany. 1971 J. Gardner Allit. Morte Arthure (1973) 257 There are men of France, Lorraine, Lombardy, Low Spain and Westphalia. 1994 C. V. J. Russ German Lang. Today i. 12 Settlers from Low Germany, or in some cases from the Netherlands, settled in Mecklenburg, Pomerania and Brandenburg. < as lemmas |
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