Hyrcania

See also: Hyrcânia

English

Etymology

From Latin Hyrcania, from Ancient Greek Ὑρκᾱνίᾱ (Hurkāníā), from Old Iranian. See Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /varkāna/) for more.

Proper noun

Hyrcania

Hyrcania

(historical) A region in the southeastern Caspian Sea, corresponding to parts of modern-day Iran (specifically Northern Iran) and Turkmenistan.

Synonyms

Gurgan, Gorgan

Derived terms

Hyrcanian

Related terms

Translations

region in south of Caspian Sea

Armenian:
Old Armenian: Վրկան (Vrkan)
Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (vəhrkāna)
Greek: Υρκανία f (Yrkanía)
Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία f (Hurkanía), Γουργάν (Gourgán)
Latin: Hyrcania f
Parthian: 𐭅𐭓𐭊𐭍‎ (wrkn /wurgān/)
Persian: گرگان‎ (gorgân), جرجان‎ (jorjân), هیرکانیا‎ (hirkâniyâ)
Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭‎ (gʿlgʾn /gurgān/)

Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /varkāna/)
Portuguese: Hircânia f
Russian: Гирка́ния f (Girkánija)
Spanish: Hircania f

Anagrams

Rhyacian

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hyrcania f

Obsolete spelling of Hircânia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

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