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Sacaraucae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient Saka/Scythian tribe from Central Asia, known to have migrated into Bactria and later into Gandhara.

Word forms

Sacaraucae the Sacaraucae Sacarauli

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sacaraucae, from Ancient Greek Σακαραῦκαι (Sakaraûkai). See there for more. The form Sacarauli derives from Σακάραυλοι (Sakárauloi), a name that appears only in Strabo's Geographica. It is generally considered to have originated as a scribal corruption of the original phrase Σακαραῦκαι καὶ Αὐγαλοί (Sakaraûkai kaì Augaloí, “Sacaraucae and Augali”).

Synonyms

Sacaraucians
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