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Word: epirus (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Proper noun:

  • A larger historical kingdom based there, widely extended by the proverbial king Pyrrhus
  • A region presently in northwestern Greece and southern Albania (known as Northern Epirus). It contains Arta, Ioannina, Preveza and Thesprotia.
  • One of the 13 peripheries (administrative regions) of modern Greece

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