Thrace

American  

[threys] / θreɪs /

noun

1. an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.

2. a modern region corresponding to the S part of the Roman province: now divided between Greece Western Thrace and Turkey Eastern Thrace.

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Thrace British  

/ θreɪs /

noun

1. an ancient country in the E Balkan Peninsula: successively under the Persians, Macedonians, and Romans

2. a region of SE Europe, corresponding to the S part of the ancient country: divided by the Maritsa River into Western Thrace (Greece) and Eastern Thrace (Turkey)

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Example Sentences

Authorities have issued a red alert for Thursday, warning of very high fire risk in Attica, eastern Central Greece, Evia, the north-eastern Peloponnese, and Thrace.

From BBC

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ancient Thrace and the Classical World” is significantly characterized by brutality.

From Los Angeles Times

Thrace’s tribes were wealthy and sophisticated, cited in “The Iliad” as allies of the Trojans who arrived in gilded chariots.

From Los Angeles Times

The Phrygian cap is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, a place in modern day Turkey where the name originates.

From Seattle Times