Thrace

American  

[threys] / θreɪs /

noun

1. an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.

2. a modern region corresponding to the S part of the Roman province: now divided between Greece Western Thrace and Turkey Eastern Thrace.

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Thrace British  

/ θreɪs /

noun

1. an ancient country in the E Balkan Peninsula: successively under the Persians, Macedonians, and Romans

2. 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)

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Example Sentences

Authorities have issued a red alert for Thursday, warning of very high fire risk in Attica, eastern Central Greece, Evia, the north-eastern Peloponnese, and Thrace.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

It is divided into three sections, opening with interactions between Thrace and neighboring Greece and Persia — the former generally friendlier than the latter but all three cosmopolitan thanks to trade and stylistic mingling.

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

In 1453, he summoned his Muslim and Christian vassals from Anatolia, Thrace, and the Balkans.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

When he passed through Thrace on his way to Greece, the god was insulted by one of the kings there, Lycurgus, who bitterly opposed this new worship.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton