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Dacia

(dā′s̸hə)

ancient region in SE Europe, inhabited by a Thracian people; later, a Roman province (2d-3d cent.): it corresponded approximately to modern Romania

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Dacian adjective, noun

See Dacia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An ancient region and Roman province corresponding roughly to modern Romania. Inhabited before the Christian era by a people of Thracian stock with an advanced material culture, the region was abandoned to the Goths after A.D. 270.

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Daˈci·an adjective & n.

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