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Thu·rin·gi·a

(tho͝o-rĭn′jē-ə, -jə)

A historical region of central Germany south of the Harz Mountains and crossed by the Thuringian Forest, a range of low, wooded mountains. The region fell to the Franks in the 6th century ad and became a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century.

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Thuringia

(θjʊˈrɪndʒɪə)

(Placename) a state of central Germany. Pop: 2 373 000 (2003 est). German name: Thüringen

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Thu•rin•gi•a

(θʊˈrɪn dʒi ə, -dʒə)

n.

a state in central Germany. 2,517,776; 5985 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km). Cap.: Erfurt. German, Thü•ring•en (ˈtü rɪŋ ən)

Thu•rin′gi•an, adj., n.

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Thuringia - a historical region of southern Germany

Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990

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Thüringen

Thuringe

Thuringia

[θjʊəˈrɪndʒɪə] N → Turingia f

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Thuringia

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