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Arvernia
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English
Etymology
en :bor ML.:Arvernia +
en ML. Arvernia, from 1 la Arvernus<t:Arvern> -ia<id:abstract noun><pos:suffix forming country names>. en Arvern -ia.
en Auvergne.
Proper noun
en @ancient name of:Auvergne region c/France
en 1858 Essays on Various Subjects, Philological, Philosophical 211-212 https://books.google.com/books?id=-iNNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA211 And as no change in the population of Arvernia had taken place between the Roman conquest and the year a.d. 452, these same ancestors held the faith which the Druids of the times of Julius Cæsar professed and taught; and these same rude altars and shrines were the same before which the Druid priests had bowed down and worshipped.
en 1880 The History of France 247 https://books.google.com/books?id=_9OfPAqvLM4C&pg=PA247 The Gauls were punished for their insubordination, the nobles of Arvernia, in particular, suffering the blows of offended power.
en 1888 A Popular History of France 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=b2_sIBSZZtgC&pg=PA6 Suddently it was learned that Cæsar had reappeared in Gaul, and was now carrying fire and sword into Arvernia.
Related terms
en Arverni Arvernian
Translations
ancient name of Auvergne Auvergne
French: fr Arvernie f
German: de Arvernien n
Greek: el Αρουερνία f, el Αρβερνία f
Italian: it Arvernia f
Russian: ru Арверния f
Latin
la:
Etymology
la place :af Arvernus<t:Arvern> -ia<id:abstract noun><pos:suffix forming country names> 1 ++
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arvernia<1>
la ML. la Auvergne
Declension
Arvernia<1.loc>
Descendants
en Arvernia 1
fr Arvernie 1
de Arvernien 1
it Arvernia 1
ru Арверния 1