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Sauromatic

Sauromatic adjective: sarmatian.

Adjective

Sauromatic (comparative more Sauromatic, superlative most Sauromatic)

  1. Sarmatian.
  2. Of the earliest stage of Sarmatian culture.
    • So from this time we reckon the first “Sauromatic” stage of the proper Sarmatian culture, in contrast to the former Srubnaja and Andronovo cultures spread over the same areas.1970, Karl Jettmar, “Cross-dating in Central Asia. The chronology of the Karasuk and the Scythian periods”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 14, →DOI, page 257
    Synonyms:
    Sauromatian

Synonyms of Sauromatic

Forms of Sauromatic

comparativemore Sauromatic
superlativemost Sauromatic

Origin of Sauromatic

From Ancient Greek Σαυρομᾰτῐκός (Sauromătĭkós, “Sarmatian”), from Σαυρομάτης (Sauromátēs, “a Sarmatian”), as used by Herodotus.

Questions about Sauromatic

What does Sauromatic mean?
Sauromatic means sarmatian.
What part of speech is Sauromatic?
Sauromatic is an adjective.

Words near Sauromatic in the dictionary

  1. saurolophine
  2. saurolophines
  3. Sauromatia
  4. Sauromatian
  5. Sauromatians
  6. Sauromatic
  7. Sauron
  8. Sauronesque
  9. Saurons
  10. saurophagous
  11. saurophilia

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