"Hyrcania" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Latin Hyrcania, from Ancient Greek Ὑρκᾱνίᾱ (Hurkāníā), from Old Iranian. See Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /⁠varkāna⁠/) for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Hyrcania}} Latin Hyrcania, {{der|en|grc|Ὑρκᾱνίᾱ}} Ancient Greek Ὑρκᾱνίᾱ (Hurkāníā), {{der|en|ira-old|-}} Old Iranian, {{cog|peo|𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴|ts=varkāna}} Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /⁠varkāna⁠/) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hyrcania
  1. (historical) A region in the southeastern Caspian Sea, corresponding to parts of modern-day Iran (specifically Northern Iran) and Turkmenistan. Wikipedia link: Hyrcania Tags: historical Categories (place): Iran Synonyms: Gurgan, Gorgan Derived forms: Hyrcanian Related terms: Hyrcan, Hyrcanus Translations (region in south of Caspian Sea): Ὑρκανία (Hurkanía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Γουργάν (Gourgán) (Ancient Greek), 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀 (vəhrkāna) (Avestan), Hyrkanien [feminine] (German), Υρκανία (Yrkanía) [feminine] (Greek), Hyrcania [feminine] (Latin), 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 (alt: gʿlgʾn /⁠gurgān⁠/) (Middle Persian), Վրկան (Vrkan) (Old Armenian), 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (alt: v-r-k-a-n /⁠varkāna⁠/) (Old Persian), 𐭅𐭓𐭊𐭍 (alt: wrkn /⁠wurgān⁠/) (Parthian), گرگان (gorgân) (Persian), جرجان (jorjân) (Persian), هیرکانیا (hirkâniyâ) (Persian), Hircânia [feminine] (Portuguese), Гирка́ния (Girkánija) [feminine] (Russian), Hircania [feminine] (Spanish)
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