What does «escita» mean in Spanish?
- That he was from Scythia, an ancient European region north of the Black Sea, specifically between the Danube, the Black Sea, the Caucasus and the Volga. The Scythian people group was of Iranian origin; they were engaged in nomadic herding and breeding of riding horses. There are records of these peoples as early as 2000 BC, but their first appearance in history is an alliance with the Assyrians in the 7th century BC.
Examples of use in Spanish: "el pueblo escita era guerrero".
"científicos desvelan un misterio del pueblo escita".
- Relating to or pertaining to the region of Scythia or to these peoples.
Examples of use in Spanish: "léxico escita".
"funeral escita".
- A language belonging to the Old Iranian group formerly spoken in this region, extinct around the 10th century, believed to be the ancestor language of modern Ossetian (Ossetian).