Caspia
Caspia proper noun: the region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.
Proper noun
Caspia
- The region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.
- The King your brother is now hard at hand,
Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders
Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands
And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC... - Caſpii, the chief Inhabitants of Hyrcania or Caſpia, now Diargum in Perſia, who it is ſaid uſed to ſhut up and ſtarve their Parents when they were 70 years old, becauſe they reckoned them then to be no more uſeful to the Publick.1740, Francis Joy, The Gazetteer’s; Or, Newsman’s Interpreter, 8th edition, part 2, page
- The King your brother is now hard at hand,
Origin of Caspia
From Latin Caspia.
Words formed from Caspia
Questions about Caspia
- What does Caspia mean?
- Caspia means the region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.
- What part of speech is Caspia?
- Caspia is a proper noun.
Words near Caspia in the dictionary
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