noun
an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
• Members of this Region: ↑Lule Burgas, ↑battle of Lule Burgas
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Balkan Peninsula, ↑Balkans
• Member Meronyms: ↑Thracian
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/thrays/, n.
1. an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
2. a modern region corresponding to the S part of the Roman province: now divided between Greece (Western Thrace) and Turkey (Eastern Thrace).
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[THrās]an ancient country that was west of the Black Sea and north of the Aegean Sea. It is now divided between Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece
Derivatives:
Thracian ['THrāshən] adj. & n.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.