Dacia

[dey-shee-uh, -shuh]

noun

an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for dacia

Historical Examples of dacia

There are fresh crowds of Barbarians from Dacia and Scythia.
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
Arthur Conan Doyle
Drak was the first word I heard on entering Dacia, and the last when I left it.
The Romany Rye
George Borrow
Decebalus himself may as easily have belonged to the Agathyrsan part of Dacia as to any other.
Opuscula
Robert Gordon Latham
It is built on the site of the famous Sarmisegethusa, the capital of ancient Dacia.
Round About the Carpathians
Andrew F. Crosse
Of these two conquests one alone was permanent, that of Dacia.
History Of Ancient Civilization
Charles Seignobos

British Dictionary definitions for dacia

Dacia

noun

an ancient region bounded by the Carpathians, the Tisza, and the Danube, roughly corresponding to modern Romania. United under kings from about 60 bc, it later contained the Roman province of the same name (about 105 to 270 ad)

Derived FormsDacian, adjective, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012