[noo-stree-uh, nyoo-] 
| the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France. |
| Neus·tri·a (nōō'strē-ə, nyōō'-) The western part of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks from the sixth to the eighth century, in present-day northwest France. It engaged in almost constant warfare with Austrasia, the eastern portion of the realm. After 912 the name was applied to Normandy. Neu'stri·an adj. & n. |
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