1. thracian - Noun
2. thracian - Adjective
3. Thracian - Proper noun
Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.
A native or inhabitant of Thrace.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear. Thucydides
I don't give a damn if some Thracian ape strut Proud of that first-rate shield the bushes got. Leaving it was hell, but in a tricky spot I kept my hide intact. Good shields can be bought. (as translated by Stuart Silverman) Archilochus
According to Georgiev, the language spoken by the Getae should be classified as "Daco-Moesian" and regarded as quite distinct from Thracian. Source: Internet
Although a new theme—that of "Macedonia"—was subsequently created, it did not correspond to today's geographic territory, but one farther east (centred on Adrianople), carved out of the already existing Thracian and Helladic themes. Source: Internet
But the modern linguist Vladimir Georgiev disputes that Dacian and Thracian were closely related for various reasons, especially that Dacian and Moesian town names commonly end with the suffix -DAVA, while towns in Thrace proper generally end in -PARA. Source: Internet
By the beginning of the 9th century, the theme of Macedonia, with its capital at Adrianople consisted not of Macedonian but of Thracian territories. Source: Internet