Scythia
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- 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.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Scythia, from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).
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