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Carinthia

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Ca·rin·thi·a  (k-rnth-)
A region and former duchy of central Europe in southern Austria and also Italy and Slovenia. It was part of the Hapsburg domains after 1335.

Ca·rinthi·an adj.

Carinthia [kəˈrɪnθɪə]
n
(Placename) a state of S Austria: an independent duchy from 976 to 1276; mainly mountainous, with many lakes and resorts. Capital: Klagenfurt. Pop.: 561 114 (2001). Area: 9533 sq. km (3681 sq. miles) German name Kärnten


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They were holidaying in the popular tourist destination of Carinthia when the accident happened on the Loiblpass road through the Alps on Saturday.
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The coffin, which was interred under heavy granite slabs in a graveyard near the Flick family's house in the upscale lake village of Velden in Carinthia, has gone missing after thieves apparently used special equipment and other sophisticated tools in the middle of the night to lift the heavy grave slabs - which reportedly have a weight of several hundred kilograms each - to pull the billionaire's coffin out.
 
 
 
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