Swabia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Swabia in British English:
UK [ˈsweibiə,-bjə]
How to pronounce Swabia in American English:
US [ˈswebiə]
Word Origin
- Swabia
- former duchy in central Germany, from Medieval Latin Suabia (German Schwaben), named for the Germanic tribe called by the Romans Suebi, said to be from Proto-Germanic *sweba, perhaps ultimately from PIE root *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (referring back to the subject of a sentence), also used in forms denoting the speaker's social group, "(we our-)selves."
Example
- 1. Recruited in the imperial province of swabia these men carry large swords into battle and are armored in light mail .