Thrace

See also: thrace

English

Thrace in yellow.

Etymology

From Latin Thrācia, from Ancient Greek Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē), from Θρᾷξ (Thrâix, “Thracian”), from base of θράσσω (thrássō, “to trouble, stir”) and -ιξ (-ix) (compare Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”) and Κίλιξ (Kílix, “Cilician”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɹeɪs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Proper noun

Thrace

2. A historical and geographic area in southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Derived terms

• East Thrace
• Eastern Thrace
• Greek Thrace
• Thracian
• Turkish Thrace
• Western Thrace

Translations

historical and geographic area in southeast Europe

• Armenian: Թրակիա (hy) (Tʻrakia)
• Belarusian: Фра́кія f (Frákija)
• Bulgarian: Тракия f (Trakija)
• Catalan: Tràcia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色雷斯 (zh) (Sèléisī)

• Czech: Thrákie f
• Finnish: Traakia (fi)
• French: Thrace (fr) f
• Georgian: თრაკია (traḳia)
• German: Thrakien (de) n
• Greek: Θράκη (el) f (Thráki)

  Ancient: Θρᾴκη f (Thrā́ikē)

• Hindi: त्राकया (trākyā)
• Irish: an Tráicia f
• Italian: Tracia f
• Japanese: トラキア (torakia)
• Kyrgyz: Фракия (ky) (Frakiya)
• Latin: Thracia (la) f
• Old Irish: Traigia
• Old Persian: 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (s-ku-u-d-r /⁠skudra⁠/)
• Ottoman Turkish: تراكیا (Trakya)
• Parthian: 𐭕𐭃𐭀𐭊𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (tdʾkyʾ ḥštr /⁠trākyā xšahr⁠/)
• Persian: تراکیه (terâkiye)
• Polish: Tracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Trácia f
• Romanian: Tracia
• Russian: Фра́кия (ru) f (Frákija)
• Spanish: Tracia f
• Swedish: Thrakien (sv)
• Turkish: Trakya (tr), Rumeli (tr)
• Ukrainian: Фра́кія f (Frákija), Тра́кія f (Trákija)

Anagrams

• Cather, E chart, archet, careth, charet, raceth, rachet, reacht, trache

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁas/

Proper noun

Thrace f

1. Thrace (a historical region in Europe)

Derived terms

• thrace