Editing Lotharingia (section)

==Name==
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{{History of the Netherlands}}
Lotharingia was known as ''regnum quondam Lotharii'' or ''regnum Lotharii'' ("kingdom [once] Lothair's") and its inhabitants ''Lotharii'' (from ''Lotharius''), ''Lotharienses'' (from ''Lothariensis''), or ''Lotharingi'' (which gives the modern Dutch, German, and Luxembourgish names for the province ''Lotharingen, Lothringen,'' and ''Loutrengen'' respectively). The latter term, formed with the Germanic suffix ''-ing'', indicating ancestral or familial relationships, gave rise to the Latin term ''Lotharingia'' (from the Latin suffix ''-ia'', indicating a country) in the 10th century. Later French terms such as "Lorraine" and "Lothier" are derived from the Latin term.