Dacia

[ dey-shee-uh, -shuh ]

/ ˈdeɪ ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun

an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.

Example sentences from the Web for dacia

Decebalus himself may as easily have belonged to the Agathyrsan part of Dacia as to any other.

Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham
It was raised at a time when it could commemorate conquered Dacia and tributary Armenia.

Studies of Travel: Italy |Edward A. Freeman
Licinius passed through that city, and breaking down the bridge on the Save, hastened to collect a new army in Dacia and Thrace.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
It is built on the site of the famous Sarmisegethusa, the capital of ancient Dacia.

Round About the Carpathians |Andrew F. Crosse

That Trajan's conquest of Dacia was of a similar radical and thorough-going character is nearly certain.

Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for dacia

Dacia

/ (ˈdeɪsɪə) /

noun

an ancient region bounded by the Carpathians, the Tisza, and the Danube, roughly corresponding to modern Romania. United under kings from about 60 bc, it later contained the Roman province of the same name (about 105 to 270 ad)

Derived forms of Dacia

Dacian, adjective, noun

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