- a state of S Germany: a former duchy and kingdom; mainly wooded highland, with the Alps in the south. Capital: Munich. Pop: 12 155 000 (2000 est). Area: 70 531 sq km (27 232 sq miles)
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Ba•var•i•a
(bə vâr′ē ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa state in SE Germany: formerly a kingdom. 11,082,600;
27,239 sq. mi. (70,550 sq. km). Cap.: Munich. German, Bayern.
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Bavaria /bəˈvɛərɪə/ n
'Bavaria' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aschaffenburg
- Augsburg
- Bamberg
- Bavarian
- Bayern
- Bayreuth
- Coburg
- Dachau
- Erlangen
- Franconia
- Franconian
- Ingolstadt
- Inn
- landau
- Landshut
- lederhosen
- Montez
- Munich
- Neumann
- Noricum
- Nuremberg
- Oberammergau
- Old High German
- Palatinate
- Regensburg
- Schweinfurt
- Swabia
- Würzburg
- Bav.
- Berchtesgaden
- Charles VII
- Hohenlinden
- main
- Villard
- War of the Grand Alliance
- Würm
- spessartite
- Straus