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Meaning of Mœsia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmiːsi.ə

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of Moesia.
    alt-of, archaic
  2. An ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube river, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia.

Equivalents

Български Мизия
Català Mèsia
Deutsch Moesia Mösien
Español Mesia
Français Mésie
Italiano Mesia
Latina Moesia
Português Mésia Moésia
Русский Мёзия
Shqip mezi

Examples

The conquest of Dacia by Trajan removed the frontiers of the empire farther north, beyond Mœsia; but after the loss of the province of Dacia, about A.D. 250, Mœsia became again a border country, and, as such, exposed to the irruption of the Goths, who, after several attempts, crossed the Danube, and occupied Mœsia in the leign of the Emperor Valens.”

CEFR level

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