Drangiana

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Δραγγιανή (Drangianḗ), ultimately from Old Persian *Drankah. Compare with Old Persian 𐏀𐎼𐎣 (z-r-k /⁠Zraⁿkaʰ⁠/). === Proper noun === Drangiana An ancient province of the Achaemenid Empire, in what is now southwestern Afghanistan. ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Δραγγιανή (Drangianḗ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [draŋ.ɡiˈaː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [dran̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈaː.na] === Proper noun === Drangiāna f sg (genitive Drangiānae); first declension an ancient province of the Achaemenid Empire, in what is now southwestern Afghanistan ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Drangiana”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly