Pieria
See also: pieriä
English
Proper noun
Pieria
- A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece.
- (historical) A Roman province of the region of Syria, in modern Turkey.
Translations
Greek prefecture
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German
Proper noun
Pieria n (proper noun, genitive Pierias or (optionally with an article) Pieria)
- Pieria (a regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece)
- (historical) Pieria (a Roman province of the region of Syria, in modern Turkey)
Declension
Declension of Pieria [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πιερία (Piería).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [piːˈɛ.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [piˈɛː.ri.a]
Proper noun
Pīeria f sg (genitive Pīeriae); first declension
- an ancient district of Macedonia, in modern Greece
- (historical) Pieria (a Roman province of the region of Syria, in modern Turkey)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pīeria |
| genitive | Pīeriae |
| dative | Pīeriae |
| accusative | Pīeriam |
| ablative | Pīeriā |
| vocative | Pīeria |
Related terms
- Pīericus
References
- “Pieria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pieria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Pieria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Proper noun
Pieria f
- Pieria (a regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece)
- (historical) Pieria (a Roman province of the region of Syria, in modern Turkey)