Lotharingia

Named for Lothair II, who ruled it, a name of Germanic origin, from Old High German Lothari, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd (“loud, famous”) +‎ *hari (“commander, warrior”). Doublet of Lorraine. More at Chlothar.

• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiə

Lotharingia

2. (historical) A historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

• Lotharingian

• Lothringia, Lorraine

• hariolating

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫɔ.tʰaˈrɪŋ.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lo.t̪aˈrin̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.a]

Lotharingia f sg (genitive Lotharingiae); first declension

1. (historical) Lotharingia (a historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)

First-declension noun, singular only.