Hyrcania

American  

[her-key-nee-uh] / hərˈkeɪ ni ə /

noun

1. an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.

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Hyrcania British  

/ hɜːˈkeɪnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient district of Asia, southeast of the Caspian Sea

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Other Word Forms

• Hyrcanian adjective

Example Sentences

The koine, or “common,” Greek inscription was found on what the archaeologists described as “a sizable building stone” at a monastery at a former fortress called Hyrcania, which dates to the late second or early first century BCE.

From Washington Times

Hyrcania was abandoned around 4 BCE.

From Washington Times

North of Dilem lay Ghilan, and north of Taberistan Mazenderan, the ancient Hyrcania.

From Project Gutenberg

Ochus, on his way to re-conquer Egypt, "having taken Apodasmus in Judea, conveyed the Jewish population into Hyrcania near the Caspian Sea."

From Project Gutenberg

Invention, at first bold, became shameless, and in such absurdities of distorted imagination as Belianis of Greece, Olivante de Laura, and Felixmarte of Hyrcania the summit of romantic extravagance was reached.

From Project Gutenberg