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neustrian

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Neus⋅tri⋅a

  [noo-stree-uh, nyoo-]
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–noun
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
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Neus⋅tri⋅an, adjective
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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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