Scythia

Scythia
/sith"ee euh/, n.
the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.

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  • Scythia — bezeichnet: (1306) Scythia, Asteroid des Hauptgürtels Scythia (Provinz), römische Provinz Scythia (1875), ein Dampfschiff der Cunard Line RMS Scythia (1921), ein Dampfschiff der Cunard Line …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SCYTHIA — provincia Asiae gemina; Citerior, quae intra Imaum montem, Ptolem. dicitur, inter Sarmatiam Asiae ad Occasum et Scythiam alteram ad Ortum, ac inter mare Caspium ad Meridiem et Oceanum Borealem, seu Scythicum ad Arctos, in plures regiones divisa,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Scythia — u. Scythen (a. Geogr.), s. Skythen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Scythia — Scythĭa, s. Skythen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Scythia — [sith′ē ə] ancient region in SE Europe, centered about the N coast of the Black Sea …   English World dictionary

  • Scythia — In Classical Antiquity, Scythia (Greek polytonic|Σκυθία Skuthia ) was the area in Eurasia inhabited by the Scythians, from the 8th century BC to the 2nd century AD. Its location and extent varied over time but usually extended farther to the west …   Wikipedia

  • Scythia Minor — Scythia Minor, Lesser Scythia (Lang el|Μικρά Σκυθία, Mikrá Skythia ) was in ancient times the region surrounded by the Danube at the north and west and the Black Sea at the east, corresponding to today s Dobruja, with a large part in Romania and… …   Wikipedia

  • SCYTHIA Parva — quae et Scythia Europaea, et alias Cimmeriae dicta fuit, pars fuit Australis Sarmatiae Euopaeae, versus Pontum Euxinum et Maeotidem paludem. Eius pars fuit in Taurica Chersoneso ubi Tauri Scythae: pats vero extra inter Bugem lacum Maeotidemque… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • SCYTHIA Pontica — Plut. pars Mysiae inferioris, Euxino mari adiacens, Ferrar. Eadem dicta parva, et minor Iornandi. Baudrando provincia fuir Illyrici Orientis, seu potius Imperii Constantinopolitani, inter ostia Danubii fluvii ad Boream, Pontum Euxinum ad Ortum,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Scythia (1875) — p1 Scythia p1 Schiffsdaten Flagge Vereinigtes Konigreich …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Scythia (Asteroid) — Asteroid (1306) Scythia Eigenschaften des Orbits Orbittyp Hauptgürtelasteroid Große Halbachse 3,1455 AE Exzentrizität 0,0976 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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