Griachaland

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Swabian

Etymology

Cognate to German Griechenland, Bavarian Griechnland

Proper noun

Griachaland n

  1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    • 1878, C. Weitzmann, C. Weitzmann's sämmtliche Gedichte in schwäbischer Mundart. Vollständigste Ausgabe. Siebente Auflage, page 160:
      Hätt jetz dear Ma nu au a Quintle Verstand,
      So könnt' ma'n jetz wohl braucha im Griachaland;
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    • 1881, Hermann Georg Knapp, Hellauf und Glattaweg! Gedichte in schwäbischer Mundart, 3rd edition, page 1:
      In Griachaland, vor alte Zeita,
      Ist gar a Dichterberg no g'wea,
      Do hot ma Dichter gauhn und reita
      Bis uf da höchsta Gipfel seaha.
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