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Scythica

UK/ˈsɪðikə/US/ˈsɪθikə/

Scythica is the alternative form of Scythia.

Meaning of Scythia

Proper noun

Scythia

  1. (historical) A geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.

Origin of Scythica

Borrowed from Latin Skuthike, from Ancient Greek Σκυθική (Skuthikḗ).

Questions about Scythica

What is Scythica the alternative form of?
Scythica is the alternative form of Scythia.
How do you pronounce Scythica?
Scythica is pronounced /ˈsɪðikə/ (UK).

Words near Scythica in the dictionary

  1. Scythian lambs
  2. Scythianization
  3. Scythianize
  4. Scythians
  5. Scythic
  6. Scythica
  7. scything
  8. scything down
  9. scythings
  10. Scytho-
  11. scythridid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scythica (page history and authors); Scythia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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