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