noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈseɪtɹəpi/
/ˈsætɹəpi/
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noun
Meaning 1
The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of West Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sasanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
1951, W. W. Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, Digital printing 2010, page 1, The Seleucid empire in its turn was still, in outward shape, very much the empire of Persia under different rulers; the great satrapies still remained, their military nature emphasised by the governor of a satrapy being no longer called satrap but strategos, 'general'.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
սատրապություն
(satraputʻyun)
— territory governed by a satrap
Catalan:
satrapia
— territory governed by a satrap
Czech:
satrapie
— territory governed by a satrap
Dutch:
satrapie
— territory governed by a satrap
Esperanto:
satrapio
— territory governed by a satrap
Finnish:
satraappikunta
— territory governed by a satrap
French:
satrapie
— territory governed by a satrap
German:
Satrapie
— territory governed by a satrap
Ancient Greek:
σατραπεία
(satrapeía)
— territory governed by a satrap
Italian:
satrapia
— territory governed by a satrap
Kazakh:
сатрапия
(satrapiä)
— territory governed by a satrap
Polish:
satrapia
— territory governed by a satrap
Portuguese:
satrapia
— territory governed by a satrap
Romanian:
satrapie
— territory governed by a satrap
Russian:
сатра́пия
(satrápija)
— territory governed by a satrap
Slovak:
satrapia
— territory governed by a satrap
Spanish:
satrapía
— territory governed by a satrap
Swedish:
satrapi
— territory governed by a satrap
Tajik:
сатрапия
(satrapiya)
— territory governed by a satrap
