Noricum
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
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How to use Noricum in a sentence
The part next to Gaul is wetter, and that next to Pannonia and Noricum higher and more windy.
The Vandals and Alans might also about this time extend themselves into Noricum.
To-day, in Rome, it is easier to get a half-plate of fresh mushrooms from Noricum than to find such.
Quo Vadis | Henryk SienkiewiczTradition says from Gaul, but the sifted evidence points to the Danube north of the later province of Noricum.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorSometimes the iron, by reason of the excellency of the ore, is wrought into steel, as to-day in Noricum.
On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth | William Gilbert of Colchester
British Dictionary definitions for Noricum
/ (ˈnɒrɪkəm) /
an Alpine kingdom of the Celts, south of the Danube: comprises present-day central Austria and parts of Bavaria; a Roman province from about 16 bc
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