"satrapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: satrapys [plural], satrapies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|σατραπεία}} Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|satrapies}} satrapy (plural satrapys or satrapies)
  1. (historical) The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of Western Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sassanian Empire and Hellenistic empires). Tags: historical Categories (topical): Offices Categories (place): Persia Related terms: satrap, viceroyalty Translations (territory governed by a satrap): σατραπεία (satrapeía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), սատրապություն (satraputʻyun) (Armenian), satrapia [feminine] (Catalan), satrapie [feminine] (Czech), satrapie [feminine] (Dutch), satrapio [singular] (Esperanto), satraappikunta (Finnish), satrapie [feminine] (French), Satrapie [feminine] (German), satrapia [feminine] (Italian), сатрапия (satrapiä) (Kazakh), satrapia [feminine] (Polish), satrapia [feminine] (Portuguese), satrapie [feminine] (Romanian), сатра́пия (satrápija) [feminine] (Russian), satrapia [feminine] (Slovak), satrapía [feminine] (Spanish), satrapi [common-gender] (Swedish), сатрапия (satrapiya) (Tajik)

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