proper nounBalcĭaBALCIA☆ KeepMeaninga large islandLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879BALCIALEWIS & SHORTBALCIABalcĭa (Baltĭa), ae, f., acc. to Xenophon of Lampsacus, I. a large island, three days' sail from the coast of Scythia, called by Pythias Basilia, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 95.Read the whole entry