Thuringianadj.n.
/θjʊˈrɪndʒɪən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to (the inhabitants of) Thuringia, a region of central Germany, in medieval times a principality.
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Westphalian1599
Thuringian1607
Franconian1608
Bavarian1638
Lusatian1862
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany
Suevical1560
Swevical1560
Prussian1565
Suevian1574
Thuringian1607
Franconian1608
Suevic1638
High German1640
Saxonic1647
Saxon1654
Swabian1684
Saxonian1761
Hanoverian1775
Low German1808
East German1849
West German1850
West German1946
Balt1954
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 293 The Thuringean horsses are neighbors to Hessis.
1812 C. Butler Hist. Revol. Empire Germany App. 35 The electorate was successively enjoyed by Frederick the warlike, and Frederick the wise, of the Thuringian branch of the Wittikindian stem.
1839 J. F. Stanford Jrnl. 21 Sept. in Rambles & Researches in Thuringian Saxony (1842) 2 Old Palace of Friedenstein..commanding the finest view of the Thuringian Forest.
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes iii. 232 Small plates for tea or dessert, in Thuringian ware, imitating old Dresden.
1926 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. 4 The Thuringian minnesinger.
1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 41 The Münchs had living with them..a brother of Frau Münch's, a general who..spoke such total Thuringian dialect that I never learned to understand a word he said.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Thuringia.
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Easterling1253
Sprucier1443
Suevian1549
High German1550
Low German1550
Prussian1554
Lusatian1555
Westphalian1576
Borussian1607
Rhinelander1608
Eastman1610
Belgic1615
Franconian1615
Thuringian1618
Swab1637
spruce1640
Silesian1669
Swabian1675
palatinate1709
Hessian1729
Saxon1737
Austrasian1833
East German1838
Balt1854
West German1855
Württemberger1896
Sudeten1938
East German1947
West German1947
Saarlander1955
Ossi1989
Wessi1990
1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes vi. 90 As in the examples which wee anon have of the Turingians, and those of Holtz.
1839 J. F. Stanford Let. Aug. in Rambles & Researches in Thuringian Saxony (1842) 158 In physical development the Thuringians..are..fine powerful men.
1975 F. Heer Charlemagne & his World ix. 121 Hessians and Franconians were divisions of the Austrasian sub-kingdom... The Thuringians were a distinct group, but fairly well assimilated into France.
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