Sarmatia

[ sahr-mey-shee-uh, -shuh ]

/ sɑrˈmeɪ ʃi ə, -ʃə /

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noun

the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Sarmatia

Sar·ma·ti·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Sarmatia

sark, Sarka, sarking, Sarkozy, sarky, Sarmatia, Sarmatian, Sarmatic, sarmentose, sarmentum, sarmie

How to use Sarmatia in a sentence

Of those, a small segment, about 10 percent, were activists “ready to fight” for their New Russia or Sarmatia.
Putin’s Men in Ukraine: We’re Not Giving In|Anna Nemtsova|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He held up a club, the weapon of choice of the Sarmatia activists.
Putin’s Men in Ukraine: We’re Not Giving In|Anna Nemtsova|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An implicit confidence in enemies like these was one of the amiable "crimes" for which "Sarmatia fell unwept."
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13|Various
The two Polonaises recapture the heroic and sorrowing spirit of Sarmatia.
Franz Liszt|James Huneker

These events took place in that part of Sarmatia which looks towards the second Pannonia.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus Marcellinus
What business had Sarmatia to be fighting for liberty with a fifteen-foot pole between her and the breasts of her enemies?
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table|Oliver Wendell Holmes
Marlowe has mistaken "Sarmata," a Sarmatian, for the country Sarmatia.
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Christopher Marlowe

British Dictionary definitions for Sarmatia

Sarmatia

/ (sɑːˈmeɪʃɪə) /

noun

the ancient name of a region between the Volga and Vistula Rivers now covering parts of Poland, Belarus, and SW Russia

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