# Carinthia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kəˈɹɪnθiə/ · frequency rank #95,798

## Definitions
1. A former duchy and historical region of Central Europe, now split politically between Austria and Slovenia.
2. A state of Austria. Capital: Klagenfurt.
3. A traditional region in northern Slovenia.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Carantania. Possibly of Celtic origin; compare Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”). The Latin toponym was also borrowed into Slavic as Proto-Slavic *korǫtanъ (with an adjective *korǫtьskъ); compare Czech Korutany and Slovene Koroška (“Carinthia”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carinthia