Cisleithania

English

Etymology

From cis- +‎ Leithan +‎ -ia, referring to the parts of Austria-Hungary ruled by Austrian government in Vienna, which were mostly located before the river Leitha (from the Viennese perspective), as opposed to Transleithania, Hungarian parts of the empire, mostly located behind the river Leitha.

Proper noun

Cisleithania

(historical) The Austrian areas of Austria-Hungary
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 67:
  Since there was no official language in Cisleithania (by contrast with the Kingdom of Hungary), there was no single official language of parliamentary procedure.

Coordinate terms

Transleithania

Translations

areas of Austria-Hungary to the west of the River Leitha

Czech: Předlitavsko (cs) n, Cislajtánie (cs) f
French: Cisleithanie (fr) f
German: Cisleithanien (de) n
Portuguese: Cisleitânia f

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cisleithania f

Obsolete spelling of Cisleitânia

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