Ήπειρος

See also: ήπειρος, ἤπειρος, and Ἤπειρος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈipiɾos/
  • Hyphenation: Ή‧πει‧ρος

Proper noun

Ήπειρος • (Ípeiros) f

  1. Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)
  2. Epirus (a geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece)

Declension

Declension of Ήπειρος
singular
nominative Ήπειρος (Ípeiros)
genitive Ηπείρου (Ipeírou)
accusative Ήπειρο (Ípeiro)
vocative Ήπειρε (Ípeire)
Ήπειρο (Ípeiro)

Derived terms

  • Ηπειρώτης m (Ipeirótis, “male from Epirus”)
  • Ηπειρώτισσα f (Ipeirótissa, “female from Epirus”)
  • ηπειρώτικος (ipeirótikos) (adjective)

Further reading

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