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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An ancient country on the Ionian Sea in present-day northwest Greece and southern Albania. It flourished in the 3rd century BC and was later a Roman province. An independent state after AD 1204, Epirus was conquered by the Turks in the 15th century.

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

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  • noun an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania

Etymologies

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

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