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Peiraeus

British  
/ paɪˈriːəs, pɪˈreɪ- /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Piraeus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Zog first arranged to travel by Soviet steamer from Istanbul direct to Marseille, stopping only at Peiraeus, Greece, and Alexandria, Egypt.

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When bombs fell on Peiraeus and elsewhere around Athens, Dr. Shear shut up shop abruptly.

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News had come from Peiraeus that a cargo from the U.S. had arrived on a Swedish ship.

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It is estimated that 40,000 people died of hunger in Athens and Peiraeus between last Oct.

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The poet, being then in his full vigour, and in possession of all his powers, once had a vision in his home at Peiraeus.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

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