Epirus
noun
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
Epirote
-
a word derived from
Epirus.
Example Sentences
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The advance was made in three columns, while the Epirote volunteers were landed near the mouth of the Luro river with the idea of cutting off the Turkish garrison of Prevesa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
I learnt from Dr. Totirtoulis and others the following facts about the so-called "Epirote" government of Zographos.
From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham
Meantime four of the Epirote legions had just landed at Brundusium, and Antony hastened to attach them to his cause.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
His talk of Epirote guards that would skin their own grandmothers was all billy-o.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
First, the subjection of the Latins and Campanians; then the struggle of Rome with the Umbrian-Samnites; finally, the decisive repulse of the Epirote invader Pyrrhus--in effect a Hellenic movement.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
