Caspia

English Etymology From en la Caspia. Proper noun en obsolete The region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran. 1 iii 34 The King your brother is now hard at hand,Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhouldersOf ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſandsAnd all the craggie rockes of Caſpea. en 1740 Francis Joy The Gazetteer’s; Or, Newsman’s Interpreter 8th part 2, page Caſpii, the chief Inhabitants of Hyrcania or Caſpia, now Diargum in Perſia, who it is ſaid uſed to ſhut up and ſtarve their Parents when they were 70 years old, becauſe they reckoned them then to be no more uſeful to the Publick. en 1810 John Gill An Exposition of the Prophets of the Old Testament 2 101 Some think that those inhospitable nations are meant, Syro-media, Caspia, Hyrcania, Iberia, and others, into which many of the Jews were brought, who sought to live elsewhere than at Babylon; Derived terms en Transcaspia Translations French: fr Caspie f Latin Adjective la adjective form la Caspius nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//voc n p Adjective la adjective form Caspiā la Caspius abl f s Old English Proper noun m the Caspian Sea en Caspia, the region around the Caspian Sea Declension Caspi sg ang Places in Iran Seas