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Carniola

Pronunciation: /kɑɹniˈoʊlə/

The English word “Carniola” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. A historical region of the Holy Roman and Austrian empires that comprised parts of what is now Slovenia.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Carniola, probably a diminutive or derivative built on Carnia (“land of the Carni”), from the ancient pre-Roman tribe, the Carni.

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