Sclavonia

a country of Europe, situate between the rivers Drave and Danube on the N. and the Saye on the.S.; bounded on the W. by Croatia, from which to the conflux of the Save with the Danube it-is 150 miles in and from 45:to 25 in breadth. Itis a level country, d ivided into six counties, belongs to the house of Austria, The eastern part is called Ratzia, and the inhabitants. Rascians. ‘These form a particular nation, of this, ‘and are of the Greek church: The ancient stance it wishes Sclavonia contained many large countrics; oo ee OU aE Eee | RE some have extended it from the a to the Euxine sea, and say that it had its name from the Sclavi, a Scythian nation. See the next article, 510