Noricum

[ nawr-i-kuh m, nor- ]

/ ˈnɔr ɪ kəm, ˈnɒr- /

an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.

Example sentences from the Web for noricum

The part next to Gaul is wetter, and that next to Pannonia and Noricum higher and more windy.

Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 |Various
Noricum, Provincials of, to exchange their cattle with the Alamanni, iii.

The Letters of Cassiodorus |Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
To-day, in Rome, it is easier to get a half-plate of fresh mushrooms from Noricum than to find such.

Quo Vadis |Henryk Sienkiewicz
He offered guides to conduct them out of Noricum; and the guides misled them.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

The Vandals and Alans might also about this time extend themselves into Noricum.

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John |Isaac Newton

Noricum

/ (ˈnɒrɪkəm) /

an Alpine kingdom of the Celts, south of the Danube: comprises present-day central Austria and parts of Bavaria; a Roman province from about 16 bc