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"etymology_text": "From its lower elevation than High Germany.",
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"ref": "1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2",
"text": "Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: ... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.",
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"Northern Germany, the low-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the North and Baltic seas."
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"(dated) Northern Germany, the low-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the North and Baltic seas."
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"word": "Lower Germany"
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"word": "North Germany"
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{
"word": "Northern Germany"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Northern Germany",
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"archaic"
],
"word": "Alasaksa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Northern Germany",
"word": "Niederdeutschland"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "see also",
"sense": "Northern Germany",
"word": "Norddeutschland"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Northern Germany",
"word": "Lågtyskland"
}
]
}
],
"word": "Low Germany"
}
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"word": "Alasaksa"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Northern Germany",
"word": "Niederdeutschland"
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"note": "see also",
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"word": "Norddeutschland"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "Northern Germany",
"word": "Lågtyskland"
}
],
"word": "Low Germany"
}
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