Epirus

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Epirus

  • /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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

Translations

Every language

name one of the 13 peripheries

EspañolEpiro
日本語イピロス Ipirosu, エピロス Epirosu
中文伊庇魯斯 /伊庇鲁斯, 伊庇鲁斯 Yībìlǔsī, 伊庇魯斯大區 /伊庇鲁斯大区, 伊庇鲁斯大区 Yībìlǔsī Dàqū
PortuguêsÉpiro
FrançaisÉpire
DeutschEpirus
ItalianoEpiro
ΕλληνικάΉπειρος Ípeiros
РусскийЭпир Epir
עבריתאפירוס épiros

name region; historical kingdom

EspañolEpiro
日本語イピロス Ipirosu, エペイロス Epeirosu, エピロス Epirosu
中文伊庇魯斯 /伊庇鲁斯 Yībìlǔsī, 伊庇魯斯大區 /伊庇鲁斯大区 Yībìlǔsī Dàqū
हिन्दीएपिरस epiras
PortuguêsÉpiro
FrançaisÉpire
DeutschEpirus
ItalianoEpiro
ΕλληνικάΉπειρος Ípeiros
РусскийЭпир Epir
עבריתאפירוס épiros

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MLA

"Epirus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/epirus. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

Epirus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/epirus

Chicago

"Epirus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/epirus.

BibTeX
@misc{epirus_2026,
  title = {Epirus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epirus},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}