Old English · proper noun
Sciþþia
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- Modern English
- scythiacentralencompassinggeographicndpontic-caspianscythianssteppe
Meaning
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Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From Latin Scythia, from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).
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