Rakousy

Czech Etymology cs zlw-ocs Rakúsi, possibly from cs goh *Ratgoza (“followers of Ratgoz”, a personal name). According to Walter Steinhauser, the *Ratgoza were a group of Germans who settled at Raabs an der Thaya Raabs, on the northern frontier of the March of Pannonia Eastern March, in the 9th century. The Czechs extended their name to the entire Austrian nation.Steinhauser Walter 1970 Burg und Herrschaft Raabs a. d. Thaya Jahrbuch für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 38 375–409 https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Jb-Landeskde-Niederoesterreich_38_0375-0409.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240617101216/https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Jb-Landeskde-Niederoesterreich_38_0375-0409.pdf 17 June 2024 Pronunciation Noun m-in-p cs historical Austria Upper and Lower Austria Declension m.pl.locplech:ích.genpl- See also cs Horní Rakousy Upper Austria cs Dolní Rakousy Lower Austria cs Rakousko References Further reading