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n. -The ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.

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  • Some think they find them afar off, in Scythia, Tartary, and Russia.
  • Scythia is about one hundred and ten degrees, which, in that parallel, are equal to more than five thousand miles.
  • And toward the sea Ocean in Ind is the kingdom of Scythia, that is all closed with hills.
  • The land they called Scythia, and its people
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