an ancient country in the E Balkan Peninsula: successively under the Persians, Macedonians, and Romans
2.
a region of SE Europe, corresponding to the S part of the ancient country: divided by the Maritsa River into Western Thrace (Greece) and Eastern Thrace (Turkey)
Thrace in American English
(θreɪs)
1.
ancient region in the E Balkan Peninsula
2.
modern region in the SE Balkan Peninsula divided between Greece & Turkey