Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Sarmatia
Latin Sarmatia, from Greek Sarmates, name of an ancient tribe which wandered the plains of eastern Europe west of the Volga; later poetically identified with Poland. Related: Sarmatian.
Wikipedia
Sarmatia (disambiguation)
Sarmatia or Sarmatian can refer to:
- Sarmatia, the land of the Sarmatians
- Sarmatian language
- Sarmatia (moth), a genus of moth
- Sarmatian (age), an age in the geologic timescale of the Paratethys region
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Sarmatism, the lifestyle of the aristocracy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Sarmatian Review, a peer reviewed academic journal
- Sarmatian Craton, in geology the southern segment/region of the East European craton
Usage examples of "sarmatia".
Note: I have already noticed the confusion which must necessarily arise in history, when names purely geographical, as this of Sarmatia, are taken for historical names belonging to a single nation.
It would be no different in Egypt than it would be in Sarmatia or Britain.