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lusatian

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Lu⋅sa⋅tian

  [loo-sey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
2. Sorbian (def. 2).
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to Lusatia, its people, or their language.
Origin:
1545–55; Lusati(a) + -an

Sorb⋅i⋅an

  [sawr-bee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Wends or their language.
–noun
2. Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
3. a Wend.
Origin:
1830–40; Sorb + -ian
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Lu·sa·ti·a   (lōō-sā'shē-ə, -shə)   
A region of central Europe in eastern Germany and southwest Poland between the Elbe and Oder rivers. Settled by the Slavic Sorbs, it was colonized during the Middle Ages by Germans and changed hands frequently among Saxony, Bohemia, and Brandenburg before passing to Prussia in 1815.
Lu·sa'tian adj. & n.
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