Rhaetia

[ ree-shee-uh, -shuh ]

noun

1. an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.

Rhaetia

/ ˈriːʃɪə /

noun

1. an Alpine province of ancient Rome including parts of present-day Tyrol and E Switzerland

Example Sentences

The ancient Rhaetia comprised not only the greater part of Tyrol, but also parts of Switzerland and Lombardy.

From Project Gutenberg

His conqueror, Telassar, a big bearded warrior from Rhaetia, stood erect and proud, with his right foot on the gladiator's neck, and drinking in the applause that flowed from the encircling host of sensation-loving, heartless spectators.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no one on earth whom Leopold of Rhaetia need fear, but there was one to whom he owed much, one whom it would be grievious to offend.

From Project Gutenberg

Leopold of Rhaetia had heard many golden voices—golden in more senses of the word than one—but never before, it seemed to him, a voice which so stirred his spirit with pain that was bitter-sweet, pleasure as blinding as pain, and a vague yearning for something beautiful which he had never known.

From Project Gutenberg

“Have no idea where Lady Mowbray and daughter are traveling; may be Rhaetia or North Pole,” Adalbert had written with characteristic flippancy.

From Project Gutenberg