Nor·i·cum (nôr  -k m, n r-) An ancient country and province of the Roman Empire south of the Danube River in present-day Austria west of Vienna. It was incorporated into the Roman Empire in the first century b.c. and prospered as a frontier colony until it was overrun by Germanic peoples in the fifth century a.d. |
Noricum [ˈnɒrɪkəm]
n
(Placename) an Alpine kingdom of the Celts, south of the Danube: comprises present-day central Austria and parts of Bavaria; a Roman province from about 16 bc
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