Meaning of "peonia" in the Spanish dictionary

Peonia, was the land of the Peonians, whose exact borders, in the first stage of the history of its inhabitants, are very dark. In historical times, Peonia was the region located west of the Rhodope, in the valley of the Vardar and its surroundings. It corresponds, at present to a region of the north of Greece, in the matter to the Republic of Macedonia and to a small part of the west of Bulgaria. The Peonians, or pawns, were a people of Thracian or Illyrian origin divided into various tribes, such as the Leos and the Agrians, and established in the north of Macedonia, between the valleys of the rivers Axio and the Strimm. In the time of the king Philip II of Macedonia, Peony covered the greater part of the present Republic of Macedonia, and located to the north of the old Macedonia and the south of Dardania. It bordered on the east with Thrace and on the west with Illyria. Peonia, era la tierra de los peonios,, cuyas exactas fronteras, en la primera etapa de la historia de sus habitantes, son muy oscuras. En tiempos históricos, Peonia era la región situada al oeste del Ródope, en el valle del Vardar y sus alrededores. Corresponde, en la actualidad a una región del norte de Grecia, en lo ensencial a la República de Macedonia y a una pequeña parte del oeste de Bulgaria. Los peonios, paíones o peones, constituían un pueblo de origen tracio o ilirio dividido en diversas tribus, como los leeos y los agrianos y establecido al norte de Macedonia, entre los valles de los ríos Axio y del Estrimón. En la época del rey Filipo II de Macedonia, Peonia cubría la mayor parte de la actual República de Macedonia, y situada al norte de la antigua Macedonia y el sur de Dardania. Limitaba al este con Tracia y al oeste con Iliria.