Scythia
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9.9
- proper noun
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Escitia
- We fought them as far as the unknown steppes of Scythia... ...where only legendary heroes had once trod.
Examples
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That's why they use gold for nesting material back in Scythia," Kedrigern said.
Fiction book (1995) -
A vast area of what is today the Eurasian plain of Russia was anciently called Scythia.
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"Maybe there are no dogs in Scythia."
Fiction book (1995) -
He'll return to Scythia to seek a mate --
Fiction book (1995) -
Was ever Scythia half so barbarous?
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Gulberan only went to Scythia for the climate.
Fiction book (1995) -
There's gold lying all over the place in Scythia.
Fiction book (1995) -
Had he succumbed to an illness unknown in Scythia?
Fiction book (1995) -
According to the Golden Legend, the Apostle Philip had been preaching in Scythia when he was captured by pagans, who attempted to force him to make a sacrifice to a statue of Mars.
Academic text (2004) -
According to the Golden Legend, the Apostle Philip had been preaching in Scythia when he was captured by pagans.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scythia comes from the name of the people called the Scythians, who lived long ago on the wide Eurasian steppe. Their name was used to mean 'people of the steppe' or 'nomads', so Scythia became the name for the large region where those horse-riding tribes lived.