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THRACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (members of "Thrace"):
Thracian (an inhabitant of ancient Thrace)
Domain member region:
battle of Lule Burgas; Lule Burgas (the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks)
Holonyms ("Thrace" is a part of...):
Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)