Sarmatia

American  

[sahr-mey-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

Example Sentences

An implicit confidence in enemies like these was one of the amiable "crimes" for which "Sarmatia fell unwept."

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

In Europe he made Tuisco king of Sarmatia, from the floude of Tanais vnto the Rhene.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard

But now, dull'd with the cold Bear's frozen seat, Sarmatia holds me, and the warlike Gete.

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)

After describing the Hellespont, Moeotis, Dacia, Sarmatia, ancient Scythia, and the isles in the Euxine Sea, and proceeding last from Spain, he passes north to the Scythic Ocean, and returns west towards Spain.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

The Limigantes of Sarmatia, under pretence of suing for peace, attack Constantius, who is deceived by their trick; but are driven back with heavy loss.—XII.

From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke