sarmatia









sarmatia


noun

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

noun

  1. the ancient name of a region between the Volga and Vistula Rivers now covering parts of Poland, Belarus, and SW Russia

Latin Sarmatia, from Greek Sarmates, name of an ancient tribe which wandered the plains of eastern Europe west of the Volga; later poetically identified with Poland. Related: Sarmatian.

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