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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The western part of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks from the sixth to the eighth century, in present-day northwest France. It engaged in almost constant warfare with Austrasia, the eastern portion of the realm. After 912 the name was applied to Normandy.

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  • proper noun historical The western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.

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From Late Latin Neustria.

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