Epirus

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.