Scitia

See also: Sciția

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).

Proper noun

Scitia

  1. 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)
    • 1282-1285 — Simon de Keza, Gesta Hungarorum; section 7
      Igitur in aetate sexta saeculi multiplicati Huni in Scitia habitando ut arena, anno Domini septingentesimo in unum congregati, capitaneos inter se...
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Portuguese

Proper noun

Scitia f

  1. obsolete spelling of Cítia:
    1. (historical) 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)
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