Sarmatian

[sɑ:'mɑ:ʃәn]

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Sarmatic

Editor: Peter

Definition

adj. pertaining to the race who spoke the same language as the Scythians and who are believed to have been of Median descent and so Iranian in stock though some authorities think they belonged to the Ural-Altaic family: Polish the term Sarmatia being sometimes rhetorically applied to Poland.

Checker: Rowena