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Thracian

[ threy-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Thrace.
  2. an Indo-European language of ancient Thrace.

Thracian

/ ˈθɪʃɪə /

noun

  1. a member of an ancient Indo-European people who lived in the SE corner of the Balkan Peninsula
  2. the ancient language spoken by this people, belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch of the Indo-European family: extinct by the early Middle Ages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Thrace, its inhabitants, or the extinct Thracian language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Thracian1

1560–70; < Latin ճ峦 ( us ) of Thrace (< Greek ճ́쾱Dz, equivalent to ճ́ ( ŧ ) Thrace + -ios adj. suffix) + -an
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The Thracian show floats in a state of suspended animation.

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The festival, held every January in the village of Kosharevo, is known as "Surva" and is a mixture of Christian and pagan rituals that can be traced back to Thracian times.

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One Thracian rebel missed the memo, and lived happily ever after.

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The movie tells the story of a Thracian gladiator who gathered an army of fellow gladiators and runaway slaves in an attempt to free themselves from a life of brutal and demeaning slavery.

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The Greeks depicted their tattooed Thracian neighbors, the Indo-European-speaking people, on their pottery.

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