Austrian shade
a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
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- Austro-
a combining form of : austro-hungarian. a combining form meaning “south,” used in the formation of compound words: austronesia. combining form southern: austro-asiatic combining form austrian: austro-hungarian comb. form meaning “austrian;” see austria.
- Austro-prussian war
the war (1866) in which prussia, italy, and some minor german states opposed austria, saxony, hanover, and the states of southern germany.
- Austro-asiatic
noun a hypothetical phylum or superfamily of languages consisting of mon-khmer and certain other languages of india and south-east asia. links with malayo-polynesian have also been suggested
- Austro-hungarian
a monarchy (1867–1918) in central europe that included the empire of austria, the kingdom of hungary, and various crown lands. contemporary examples but it also opens outward to offer a sharp look at the fatal codes of honor dominating the austro-hungarian military caste system. the kaffeehaus canon george prochnik december 30, 2010 when my father […]
- Austroasiatic
a family of languages spoken in se asia and the landsaround the bay of bengal and consisting princ-p-lly of vietnamese, khmer, mon, khasi, nicobarese, and the munda languages. of or relating to austroasiatic.