Ήπειρος

See also: ήπειρος, ἤπειρος, and Ἤπειρος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈipiɾos/
• Hyphenation: Ή‧πει‧ρος

Proper noun

Ήπειρος • (Ípeiros) f

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

Declension

Declension of Ήπειρος

	singular
nominative	Ήπειρος (Ípeiros)
genitive	Ηπείρου (Ipeírou)
accusative	Ήπειρο (Ípeiro)
vocative	Ήπειρε (Ípeire) Ήπειρο (Ípeiro)

Derived terms

• Ηπειρώτης m (Ipeirótis, “male from Epirus”)
• Ηπειρώτισσα f (Ipeirótissa, “female from Epirus”)
• ηπειρώτικος (ipeirótikos) (adjective)

Further reading

• Ήπειρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el