Sarmatia
/sɑː(r)ˈmeɪʃə/
词源链
- iir-pro
*sárati
派生
- 英语English
Sarmatia
词源说明
From Latin Sarmatia, from Ancient Greek Σαρματία (Sarmatía), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárati, from Proto-Indo-European *sél-e-ti, from *sel- (“to run, flow”), thus meaning "hunters". More at Sarmatians.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1historicalAn ancient geographical region of Eastern Europe with imprecisely defined boundaries, inhabited by the nomadic Sarmatians and generally understood to have encompassed present-day Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, parts of Lithuania, and portions of Poland extending westward to the Vistula River.