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satrapy

/ˈseɪtɹəpi/

satrapy noun: the territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of West Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sasanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).

Noun

satrapy (plural satrapys or satrapies)

  1. (historical) The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of West Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sasanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).
    • Several, which occur as one Satrapy in the system given by Herodotus, are given in the lists as distinct provinces.1864, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Daniel the Prophet: Nine Lectures Delivered in the Divinity School of the University of Oxford, John Henry and James Parker, page 413
    • The Seleucid empire in its turn was still, in outward shape, very much the empire of Persia under different rulers; the great satrapies still remained, their military nature emphasised by the governor of a satrapy being no longer called satrap but strategos, 'general'.1951, W. W. Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, Digital printing 2010, page 1

Forms of satrapy

pluralsatrapys
pluralsatrapies

Origin of satrapy

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía).

Questions about satrapy

What does satrapy mean?
Satrapy means the territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of West Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sasanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).
What part of speech is satrapy?
Satrapy is a noun.
How do you pronounce satrapy?
Satrapy is pronounced /ˈseɪtɹəpi/.
What is the plural of satrapy?
The plural of satrapy is satrapys.

Words near satrapy in the dictionary

  1. satrapic
  2. satrapical
  3. satrapies
  4. satraplatin
  5. satraps
  6. satrapy
  7. satrapys
  8. satratoxin
  9. satratoxins
  10. Satre
  11. Satres

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