English Explanatory Dictionary

Epirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
  2. A geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Epirus.wav

Word forms

Epirus

Etymology

From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).

Related words

Epirot Epirote Epirotic Epirot Islands Epirote Islands Attica Central Greece Central Macedonia Crete East Macedonia and Thrace Ionian Islands North Aegean Peloponnese South Aegean Thessaly West Greece West Macedonia

Derived words

Northern Epirus

Translations

Aromanian: Ipir Catalan: Epir Chinese Mandarin: 伊庇魯斯 /伊庇鲁斯 Chinese Mandarin: 伊庇鲁斯 Chinese Mandarin: 伊庇魯斯大區 /伊庇鲁斯大区 Chinese Mandarin: 伊庇鲁斯大区 Czech: Epirus Dutch: Epirus Dutch: Epiros Esperanto: Epiro Estonian: Ípeiros Finnish: Epeiros French: Épire German: Epirus Greek: Ήπειρος Hebrew: אפירוס Italian: Epiro Japanese: イピロス Japanese: エピロス Latin: Epirus Lithuanian: Epyras Polish: Epir Portuguese: Épiro Russian: Эпир Slovene: Epír Spanish: Epiro Tagalog: Epiro Turkish: Epir
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