Piraeus

See also: Piræus

English

Alternative forms

• Piræus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús).

Proper noun

Piraeus

1. A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf.
2. A regional unit of Greece

Related terms

• Piraic

Translations

city

• Albanian: Pire m (indefinite), Pireu m (definite)
• Aromanian: Pirei
• Czech: Pireus m
• Danish: Piræus
• Dutch: Piraeus
• Finnish: Pireus
• French: Le Pirée (fr) m
• German: Piräus
• Greek: Πειραιάς (el) (Peiraiás)

  Ancient Greek: Πειραιεύς m (Peiraieús)

• Hungarian: Pireusz (hu)
• Italian: Il Pireo m
• Latin: Piraeus, Piraeum
• Polish: Pireus (pl)
• Portuguese: Pireu
• Romanian: Pireu n
• Russian: Пире́й m (Piréj)
• Spanish: Pireo
• Swedish: Pireus
• Turkish: Pire

Anagrams

• Perusia, raise up, spuriae, upraise