Epirus
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From Latin Epirus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros), “‘mainland’”).
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Epirus
- 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
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region; historical kingdom
one of the 13 peripheries
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[edit] See also
- Attica
- Central Greece
- Central Macedonia
- Crete
- East Macedonia and Thrace
- Ionian Islands
- North Aegean
- Peloponnese
- South Aegean
- Thessaly
- West Greece
- West Macedonia
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Epirus m.
- Epirus (one of the 13 peripheries of Greece)
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Epirus
- Epirus (all senses)
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- Epiroot m.
