AUSTRIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Austria mean? 

• AUSTRIA (noun)
  The noun AUSTRIA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: AUSTRIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSTRIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Austria"):

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)

Tyrolean Alps (a popular tourist area in the Tyrol)

Meronyms (members of "Austria"):

Austrian (a native or inhabitant of Austria)

Domain member region:

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

Holonyms ("Austria" is a part of...):

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)

Holonyms ("Austria" is a member of...):

Common Market; EC; EEC; EU; Europe; European Community; European Economic Community; European Union (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members)

Derivation:

Austrian (of or relating to Austria or its people or culture)

 Context examples 

Northern Europe including France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland are definitely on the safe side.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of northern Europe such as Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, or Great Britain.

(Northern European, NCI Thesaurus)

Whether he had died or still lingered in the dungeons of Austria was not known.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He said he expects no political turmoil between the neighboring Austria and Hungary over the sale.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

In the UK, Austria, Greece, Malta, Slovenia and Liechtenstein population growth rates declined in 2007 but have made a comeback in 2008.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

The research was presented at this week at UEG Week in Vienna, Austria, the largest gastroenterology meeting in Europe.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

Ashkenazi Jews, also called Ashkenazim, are Jews who are descendants of Jews from Germany, Poland, Austria and Eastern Europe.

(Ashkenazi Jew, NCI Thesaurus)

Kipchoge ran in Vienna, Austria.

(Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs marathon under two hours, Wikinews)

A new study in EBioMedicine by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Medical University of Vienna, Austria suggests that immune response in early childhood to a handful of allergen molecules can predict the onset of allergic rhinitis and asthma in adolescence.

(New Approach to Predict Respiratory Allergy in Early Childhood, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Two Austrian researchers, Dr. Philipp Schwabl from the Medical University of Vienna, and Dr. Bettina Liebmann, from the Environment Agency Austria, studied participants from countries including Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the UK and Austria.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)