English Explanatory Dictionary

Sarmatia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An ill-defined ancient geographic region of Eastern Europe occupied by the nomadic Sarmatians, generally considered to include modern Ukraine, southern Russia, Belarus, parts of Lithuania as well as Poland as far west as the Vistula River.

Pronunciation

/sɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪʃə/ /sɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪʃi.ə/

Word forms

Sarmatia Sauromatia

Etymology

From Latin Sarmatia, from Ancient Greek Σαρματία (Sarmatía), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárati, from Proto-Indo-European *sél-e-ti, from *sel- (“to run, flow”), thus meaning "hunters". More at Sarmatians.

Related words

Scythia

Derived words

Asian Sarmatia Asiatic Sarmatia European Sarmatia Sarmatia Asiatica Sarmatia Europaea Sarmatia Europæa Sarmatia Europea Sarmatian Sarmatic Sarmatism
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