Sarmatia

American  

[sahr-may-shee-uh, -shuh] / sɑrˈmeɪ ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun

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

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Sarmatia British  

/ sɑːˈmeɪʃɪə /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Sarmatian
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Sarmatia

This is perhaps the only instance wherein Poland; a portion of European Sarmatia, is considered as belonging geographically to Germany.--E.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

To the north are Asiatic Sarmatia and Asiatic Scythia, which answer to Tartary.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin

This passage, cited literally from an old history of Sarmatia, I thought fit to set down, on purpose to perplex little smattering remarkers, and put them upon the hunt for an application.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Jonathan Swift

Some of them settled down in Sarmatia, Germany, and Northern Gaul, generally adopting the name of the lands in which they settled.

From Bolougne-Sur-Mer St. Patrick's Native Town by William Fleming

The rich wear a garment, not, indeed, displayed and flowing, like the Parthians or the people of Sarmatia, but drawn so tight that the form of the limbs is palpably expressed.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence

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