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Thuringia - 2 dictionary results

Thu⋅rin⋅gi⋅a

[thoo-rin-jee-uh, -juh]
–noun
a state in central Germany. 2,500,000; 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
German, Thü⋅ring⋅en [ty-ring-uhn] .


Thu⋅rin⋅gi⋅an, adjective, noun
Thu·rin·gi·a   (thŏŏ-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 A.D. and became a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century.
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