English

Alternative forms

• Rætia (obsolete)
• Rhaetia
• Rhætia (obsolete)

Proper noun

Raetia

1. (historical) A Roman province bordered on the west by the Helvetii, on the east by Noricum, on the north by Vindelicia, on the west by Cisalpine Gaul and on south by Italy, which occupied the region which is today central and eastern Switzerland, southern Bavaria, most of Tirol and part of Lombardy.

Derived terms

• Rhaetian

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhaetia

Etymology

After the Raetī.

Proper noun

Raetia f ‎(genitive Raetiae); first declension

1. Raetia

Declension

First declension, with locative.