Itävalta

[Eero-Pekka Halinen]

Harald wrote:

>BTW, what's Austrias name in Norwegian?
>
>Dutch = Oostenrijke
>Finnish = Itävalta (whatever that means!)
>... AFAIK

To answer your question in brackets: Itävalta means an *eastern country*. 
Itä = east and valta = a bit of an old word for *country*.

Eero-Pekka

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