Thrace
Americannoun
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an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
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a modern region corresponding to the S part of the Roman province: now divided between Greece Western Thrace and Turkey Eastern Thrace.
noun
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an ancient country in the E Balkan Peninsula: successively under the Persians, Macedonians, and Romans
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a region of SE Europe, corresponding to the S part of the ancient country: divided by the Maritsa River into Western Thrace (Greece) and Eastern Thrace (Turkey)
Example Sentences
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It marks the outer edge of the European Union, separating Greece's Evros region and the Turkish territory of East Thrace.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“Ancient Thrace and the Classical World” is significantly characterized by brutality.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
In Greece, for instance, Sitaridou co-introduced a pioneering new course on Pontic Greek at the Democritus University of Thrace since the number of speakers of Pontic Greek is also dwindling.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
Originally from Thrace or Greece, Spartacus was enslaved after being captured in battle and was trained as a gladiator in Capua in central Italy.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He wandered through the wild solitudes of Thrace, comfortless except for his lyre, playing, always playing, and the rocks and the rivers and the trees heard him gladly, his only companions.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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