Noricum

Proper noun

 * 1)  A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.

Related terms

 * Norican

Etymology
From, from an source predating the Celts' arrival. Said to be a or  word, but of unclear meaning.

Robert Ellis (1855) supports a relation to, offering the hypothesis that the place derived from the hollowness of the river-valley. For semantic parallel, he cites, which derives from ,.



Proper noun

 * 1) A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.