Scythia

Scythia

English

Approximate extent of Scythia in the first century BCE

Etymology

From Latin Scythia, from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪði.ə/, /ˈsɪθi.ə/

Proper noun

Scythia

1. (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.

Usage notes

Precise boundaries vary by author.

Related terms

• Scythian
• Scyth

Translations

region of Central Eurasia

Arabic: سَكِيثِيَا‎ f (sakīṯiyā), سَقِيثِيَا‎ f (saqīṯiyā), سِيثِيَا‎ f (sīṯiyā), سَكِيَا‎ f (sakiyā) Armenian: Սկյութիա (Skyutʿia) Old Armenian: Սկիւթիա (Skiwtʿia) Belarusian: Скі́фія f (Skífija) Bulgarian: Ски́тия f (Skítija) Catalan: Escítia Chinese: Mandarin: 斯基提亞／斯基提亚 (Sījītíyà) Czech: Skythie f Danish: Skytien c Dutch: Scythië n French: Scythie (fr) f German: Skythien n Greek: Σκυθία (el) f (Skythía) Ancient: Σκυθία f (Skuthía) Hindi: शकद्वीप m (śakadvīp) Hungarian: Szkítia Irish: an Scitia f Italian: Scizia f Korean: 스키티아 (Seukitia) Latin: Scitia, Scythia Norwegian: Skytia Oriya: ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ (or) (śakô dwipô) Persian: ساکاستان‎ (sâkâstân), سکاستان‎ (sakâstân), سکائستان‎ (sakâ'estân) Old Persian: 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /Saka/) Polish: Scytia (pl) f Portuguese: Cítia f Romanian: Sciția f Russian: Ски́фия (ru) f (Skífija) Sicilian: Scizzia Spanish: Escitia f Ukrainian: Скі́фія f (Skífija), Ски́тія f (Skýtija) Volapük: Skütän (vo) Welsh: Sgythia f

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Scitia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.tʰi.a/, [ˈs̠kʏt̪ʰiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ti.a/, [ˈʃiːt̪iä]

Proper noun

Scythia f sg (genitive Scythiae); first declension

1. Scythia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scythia
Genitive	Scythiae
Dative	Scythiae
Accusative	Scythiam
Ablative	Scythiā
Vocative	Scythia
Locative	Scythiae

Related terms

• Scytha

Descendants

• → English: Scythia
• Portuguese: Cítia
• Spanish: Escitia

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Scythia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Cítia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).