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Meaning of "satrapy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SATRAPY

ˈsætrəpɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SATRAPY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Satrapy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SATRAPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Satrap

Satrap was the name given to the governors of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires. The word satrap is also often used in modern literature to refer to world leaders or governors who are heavily influenced by larger world superpowers or hegemonies and act as their surrogates.

Definition of satrapy in the English dictionary

The definition of satrapy in the dictionary is the province, office, or period of rule of a satrap.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SATRAPY

aeolotropy · allotropy · anatropy · anisotropy · azeotropy · chemotherapy · enantiotropy · entropy · eutropy · heliotropy · hemitropism · hemitropy · hypermetropy · ionotropy · isotropy · lipotropy · morphotropy · orthotropy · therapy · thixotropy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SATRAPY

satisfies · satisfy · satisfying · satisfyingly · sative · Sato Eisaku · satori · satrap · satrapal · satrapies · SATs · satsuma · Satsuma ware · saturability · saturable · saturant · saturate · saturated · saturated fat · saturater

WORDS THAT END LIKE SATRAPY

electroconvulsive therapy · family therapy · gene therapy · group therapy · hormone replacement therapy · hydrotherapy · hypnotherapy · immunotherapy · occupational therapy · pharmacotherapy · physical therapy · physiotherapy · phytotherapy · psychotherapy · radiation therapy · radiotherapy · retail therapy · root-canal therapy · speech therapy · triple combination therapy

Synonyms and antonyms of satrapy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «satrapy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SATRAPY

Find out the translation of satrapy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of satrapy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «satrapy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

satrapy
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

satrapía
570 millions of speakers
en

English

satrapy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

satrapy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مرزبانية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сатрапия
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

satrapy
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

satrapy
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

satrapie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Satrapy
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Satrapie
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

太守
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

satrapy
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Satrapy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

satrapy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மாகாணமாகிறது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्रक्रिया
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

satraplık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

satrapia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

satrapii
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

сатрапія
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

satrapie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σατραπεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

satrapie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

satrapi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

satrapy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of satrapy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SATRAPY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of satrapy
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «satrapy».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about satrapy

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SATRAPY»

Discover the use of satrapy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to satrapy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Logics Under Empire: The Armenian 'highland Satrapy' ...
Great Satrapy Media Main sources: • Bisitun, Xenophon Cyr. 8.7.11 Central Main Satrapy Media Main sources: Bisitun, country lists, Strabo 11.13.1. See Jacobs 1994 for ^two minor satrapies^ Main Satrapy Armenia Main sources: Bisitun, ...
Lori Khatchadourian, 2008
2
The Histories
This was the sixth satrapy. The Sattagydians, the Gandarians, the Dadicae, and the Aparytae, who were all reckoned together, paid a tribute of a hundred and seventy talents. This was the seventh satrapy. Susa, and the other parts of Cissia,  ...
Herodotus, 2009
3
Provinces of the Sassanid Empire: Abarshahr, Albania ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
4
The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus: Translated from ...
buted one hundred and twenty talents: this was the seventh satrapy. From Susa, and the rest of the Cissian territory, came three hundred talents: this was the eighth satrapy. 92 From Babylonia, and the rest of Assyria, came one thousand ...
Herodotus, Thomas Gaisford, Peter Edmund Laurent, 1846
5
Herodotus
constituted the third satrapy. The Cilicians were obliged to produce every day a white horse, that in to say, three hundred and sixty annually, with five hundred talents of silver : of these one hundred and forty were appointed for the payment of ...
Herodotus, 1840
6
Ragamuffin
The Benevolent Satrapy rule an empire of forty-eight worlds, linked by thousands of wormholes strung throughout the galaxy.
Tobias S. Buckell, 2007
7
Herodotus, tr. from the Greek: with notes and life of the author
constituted the third satrapy. The Cilicians were obliged to produce every day a white horse, that is to say, three hundred and sixty annually, with five hundred talents of silver : of these one hundred and forty were appointed for the payment of ...
Herodotus, 1839
8
Aria (Satrapy)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
9
Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
There remains a problem in the fact that regions continue to be called satrapies by Diodoros even when they do not appear to have had satraps over them, as at xx 19,2 where the Hellespontine region is called a satrapy in 310. This could lead  ...
Richard A. Billows, 1997
10
The History of Thucydides
the satrapy of Dascylitis \ dismissing Megabates, who had the government before ; and withal charged him with a letter 2 in answer, to transmit 3 as speedily as possible to Pausanias at Byzantium, shewing the seal4, and whatever he should  ...
Thucydides, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SATRAPY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term satrapy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Gripping Political Drama That Has the UK in It's Sights
Turning Greece into a mere satrapy of the technocrats in Brussels. Now, if they think they've seen the Greek people express themselves, just wait till they see the ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
2
Syriza's Leftist dogma makes a Grexit pointless
We may find that attitude hard to understand, but many Greeks regard the euro as a sign that they live in a European democracy, not an Ottoman satrapy. And so ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
CLIFFORD MAY: Iran lays plans for a new Persian empire
A quick tour of the neighborhood: Much of Syria is already an Iranian satrapy. Hezbollah, Iran's terrorist foreign legion, is the most powerful force in Lebanon. «Washington Times, Mar 15»
4
The caliphate cracks
The fear is growing that, by depending so heavily on Iran, Iraq is being turned into an Iranian satrapy. If so, Iraq's disenchanted Sunni population will cleave even ... «The Economist, Mar 15»
5
Putin nie wyda Janukowycza. Kreml odmawia ekstradycji …
Kreml odmawia ekstradycji ukraińskiego satrapy. opublikowano: 10 lutego · aktualizacja: 10 lutego. fot. 4ubuk.blogspot.nl. Rosyjski prokurator generalny Jurij ... «wPolityce.pl, Feb 15»
6
Historically speaking, Germany a bigger deadbeat than Greece
Not all Germans, of course, because by that time the country was divided between the Soviet satrapy of Communist East Germany and the budding democracy ... «CBC.ca, Feb 15»
7
It's Time to Debunk the Churchill Myth
Had Halifax and not Churchill become prime minister in May 1940, Britain would soon have become a satrapy of Nazi Germany. Churchill hated communism ... «The New Republic, Jan 15»
8
The 6 most ancient countries of the world: Armenia among them
... in the Behistun inscription (521 BC) of the King of Persia, Darius I, who used the name to describe the Persian satrapy on the territory of the Kingdom of Urartu. «Public Radio of Armenia, Dec 14»
9
Turkey's vision of Cyprus as its satrapy
A Turkish satrapy. It does not extend beyond that. If this thesis is understood and accepted then the past and present policies of Ankara vis as vis Cyprus, be they ... «Jerusalem Post, Dec 14»
10
Teatr jednego satrapy
... opozycji chcącej polską demokrację naprawić, a nie ją burzyć, stają się jedynie marionetkami w jego teatrze satrapy. Użyje ich gniewu, a potem ich przyciśnie. «Gazeta Wyborcza, Dec 14»
REFERENCE
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