What is "austria"

European nation, from Medieval Latin Marchia austriaca "eastern borderland." German Österreich is "eastern kingdom," from Old High German ostar "eastern" (see east) + reich (see Reichstag). So called for being on the eastern edge of Charlemagne's empire.

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In addition to the country, the Republic of Austria, the name Austria can refer to the following:

• The Latin name of Austria used poetically in German and for various applications in Austria such as:
  • The name of a 19th-century national personification of Austria (Nationalallegorie Austria)
  • Two historical models of motorcycle and a historical model of automobile
  • Several models of Austrian locomotives
  • Austria Microsystems, a semiconductor manufacturer
  • Austria Metall AG, a holding company
  • A1 Team Austria, the Austrian team of A1 Grand Prix
• A number of Austrian association football clubs:
  • FK Austria Wien
  • SC Austria Lustenau
  • SK Austria Klagenfurt (disambiguation)
  • SV Austria Salzburg, former name of the FC Red Bull Salzburg
  • SV Austria Salzburg, the refounded club
• A number of Austrian predecessor states or other political entities including:
  • The Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)
  • The First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)
  • The Republic of German Austria (1918–1919)
  • Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
  • The Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
  • The Habsburg Monarchy (1526–1918), often called Austria
  • The Archduchy of Austria, a constituent crown land and core region of Austria-Hungary, the Austrian Empire, and the Habsburg Monarchy
  • The Duchy and Margravate of Austria, the predecessors of the Archduchy of Austria
• Austria (Lombard), a region in the Lombard kingdom of Italy
• Austria-Este, the last ruling house of the Duchy of Modena
• Austria (European Parliament constituency)
• Austria (typeface), a typeface formerly used on all official road signage in Austria
• 136 Austria, an asteroid
• The name of a ship, SS Austria
• Austria (surname)
• A hymn tune based on " Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", a song by Haydn

In European elections, Austria is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by eighteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Austria.

Austria was, according to the early medieval geographical classification, the eastern portion of Langobardia Major, the north-central part of the Lombard Kingdom, extended from the Adda to Friuli and opposite to Neustria. The partition had not only are territorial, but also implies significant cultural and political differences.

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.66 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers . Austria's terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speak local Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and Austrian German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire. From the time of the Reformation, many Northern German princes, resenting the authority of the Emperor, used Protestantism as a flag of rebellion. The Thirty Years War, the influence of the Kingdom of Sweden and Kingdom of France, the rise of the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Napoleonic invasions all weakened the power of the Emperor in the North of Germany, but in the South, and in non-German areas of the Empire, the Emperor and Catholicism maintained control. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria was able to retain its position as one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. Following Napoleon's defeat, Prussia emerged as Austria's chief competitor for rule of a larger Germany. Austria's defeat by Prussia at the Battle of Königgrätz, during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, cleared the way for Prussia to assert control over the rest of Germany. In 1867, the empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary. After the defeat of France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, Austria was left out of the formation of a new German Empire, although in the following decades its politics, and its foreign policy, increasingly converged with those of the Prussian-led Empire. During the 1914 July Crisis that followed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Germany guided Austria in issuing the ultimatum to Serbia that led to the declaration of World War I.

After the collapse of the Habsburg (Austro-Hungarian) Empire in 1918 at the end of World War I, Austria adopted and used the name the Republic of German-Austria (, later ) in an attempt for union with Germany, but was forbidden due to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919). The First Austrian Republic was established in 1919. In the 1938 Anschluss, Austria was occupied and annexed by Nazi Germany. This lasted until the end of World War II in 1945, after which Germany was occupied by the Allies and Austria's former democratic constitution was restored. In 1955, the Austrian State Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state, ending the occupation. In the same year, the Austrian Parliament created the Declaration of Neutrality which declared that the Second Austrian Republic would become permanently neutral.

Today, Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federal states. The capital and largest city, with a population exceeding 1.7 million, is Vienna. Austria is one of the richest countries in the world, with a nominal per capita GDP of $43,546. The country has developed a high standard of living and in 2014 was ranked 21st in the world for its Human Development Index. Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955, joined the European Union in 1995, and is a founder of the OECD. Austria also signed the Schengen Agreement in 1995, and adopted the euro currency in 1999.

Austria is the typeface formerly used on all official road signage in Austria. A modified version of its German counterpart DIN 1451, it came in narrow- and medium-width fonts. Since 2010 it has been replaced on all new road signs by the more recently developed TERN (Trans-European Road Network) typeface.

Austria is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alli Austria (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
• Amy Austria, Filipina actress
• Leo Austria (born 1958), Filipino basketball player and coach
• Steve Austria (born 1958), American politician