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∙ 12y agoFirstly in German the country is called "Österreich". At first the country was denoted as "Marchia Orientalis", wich means something like "eastern border".
The first German translation was "Osterrîchi"; a term, which first appeared in the Ostarrîchi Document from 996.
The word"Austria" is a latinization of the German "Österreich".
An other translation of "Marchia Orientalis", was "Ostmark", this name for Austria was used by Nazi Germany
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