Associations to the word «Scythia»

Wiktionary

SCYTHIA, proper noun. (historical) a region of Central Eurasia in the classical era, encompassing parts of Pontic steppe, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE

Dictionary definition

SCYTHIA, noun. An ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne