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Hyrcania definition

hərkānēə
(place) Province of the ancient Persian & Macedonian empires, on the S & SE coast of the Caspian Sea.
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(historical) A region in south of Caspian Sea.
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Origin of hyrcania

  • From Latin Hyrcania, from Ancient Greek Ὑρκανία (Hurkāniā), from Old Iranian. See for more.

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Hyrcania Sentence Examples

  • For this patron several of his treatises were written; and the commencement of his Canon of Medicine also dates from his stay in Hyrcania.

  • Tiridates, who was proclaimed king, could no longer maintain himself, because he appeared to be a vassal of the Romans; Artabanus returned from Hyrcania with a strong army of Scythian (Dahan) auxiliaries, and was again acknowledged by the Parthians.

  • In 209 Antiochus invaded Parthia, occupied the capital Hecatompylus and pushed forward into Hyrcania.

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