Epirus

English

Greece's Epirus periphery

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛ.pɪ.ɹʌs/, X-SAMPA: /"E.pI.rVs/
• Hyphenation: EH-pi-ruhs

Proper noun

Epirus

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

Related terms

• Epirote

Translations

region; historical kingdom

• Catalan: Epir (ca) m
• Dutch: Epirus (nl), Epiros
• Estonian: Ípeiros (et)
• Finnish: Epeiros (fi)
• French: Épire (fr) m
• German: Epirus (de)
• Greek: Ήπειρος (el) (Ípeiros) f
• Italian: Epiro (it) m

• Japanese: イピロス (ja) (Ipirosu), エペイロス (ja) (Epeirosu), エピロス (ja) (Epirosu)
• Latin: Epirus (la)
• Mandarin: trad. 伊庇魯斯, simpl. 伊庇鲁斯 (pinyin: Yībìlŭsī), trad. 伊庇魯斯大區, simpl. 伊庇鲁斯大区 (pinyin: Yībìlŭsī Dàqū)
• Polish: Epir (pl) m
• Russian: Эпир (ru) (Epir) m
• Slovene: Epír (sl) m
• Tagalog: Epiro (tl)

one of the 13 peripheries

• Catalan: Epir (ca) m
• Czech: Epirus (cs) m
• Dutch: Epirus (nl), Epiros
• Estonian: Ípeiros (et)
• Finnish: Epeiros (fi)
• French: Épire (fr) m
• German: Epirus (de)
• Greek: Ήπειρος (el) (Ípeiros) f

• Italian: Epiro (it) m
• Japanese: イピロス (ja) (Ipirosu), エピロス (ja) (Epirosu)
• Latin: Epirus (la)
• Mandarin: trad. 伊庇魯斯, simpl. 伊庇鲁斯 (pinyin: Yībìlŭsī), trad. 伊庇魯斯大區, simpl. 伊庇鲁斯大区 (pinyin: Yībìlŭsī Dà'oū)
• Polish: Epir (pl) m
• Russian: Эпир (ru) (Epir) m
• Slovene: Epír (sl) m
• Tagalog: Epiro (tl)

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: Epirus (af)
• Alemannic German: Epirus
• Ancient Greek: Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros) f
• Asturian: Epiru
• Corsican: Epiru (co)
• Serbo-Croatian: Epir (sh)
• Danish: Epirus (da)
• Esperanto: Epiro (eo)
• Galician: Epiro (gl) m
• Hebrew: אפירוס (he) (Epirus)
• Icelandic: Epírus (is) m
• Ido: Epiro (io)
• Interlingua: Epiro (ia)
• Interlingue: Epiro (ie)

• Low German: Epirus
• Luxembourgish: Epirus (lb)
• Macedonian: Епир (mk) (Epir)
• Norwegian: Epirus (no)
• Occitan: Epiro (oc) m
• Portuguese: Épiro (pt) m
• Sindhi: Epiru (sc)
• Sicilian: Epiru (scn)
• Slovak: Epir (sk)
• Spanish: Epiro (es) m
• Swedish: Epirus (sv)

See also

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

Anagrams

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Czech

Proper noun

Epirus m

1. Epirus (one of the 13 peripheries of Greece)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• Epiros

Proper noun

Epirus ?

1. Epirus (all senses)

Derived terms

• Epiroot m