Epirus
Americannoun
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an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
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a modern region in NW Greece. 3,573 sq. mi. (9,255 sq. km).
noun
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a region of NW Greece, part of ancient Epirus ceded to Greece after independence in 1830
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(in ancient Greece) a region between the Pindus mountains and the Ionian Sea, straddling the modern border with Albania
Other Word Forms
- Epeirot noun
- Epirote noun
Example Sentences
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Epirus’s systems are designed to take down drones at close range, without damaging anything or anyone else around them.
“Another such victory and we shall be utterly ruined,” the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus supposedly muttered after his army lost thousands of soldiers while defeating the Romans at Asculum in 279 B.C.
From Washington Post
He really didn’t get why Nico had promised to lead the Argo II to Epirus if he hated Percy Jackson so much.
From Literature
In the video demonstrations I watched, the Epirus system, known as Leonidas, can disable an adversary drone but leave untouched a friendly one a few feet away.
From Washington Post
Ioannina is in the northwest of Greece, in the Epirus region, west of Thessaly and abutting Albania.
From New York Times
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