Epirus
WordNet

noun


(1)   An ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania
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Etymology


From , from .

Proper noun



  1. A region presently in northwestern Greece and southern Albania (known as Northern Epirus). It contains Arta, Ioannina, Preveza and Thesprotia.
  2. A larger historical kingdom based there, widely extended by the proverbial king Pyrrhus
  3. One of the 13 peripheries (administrative regions) of modern Greece

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