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* [[Epirus (mythology)|Epirus]] from an [[Illyrian language||Illyrian]] word ''Epir'' - wich in todays [[Albanina language||Albanian]]: means '' Eper - Toke e eperme'', [[English language|English]]: ''Uper land'' |
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Revision as of 18:09, 4 March 2008
The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:
Geographical
- Epirus (region) - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania
Political
- Epirus (periphery) - one of the thirteen peripheries (administrative divisions) of Greece.
Historical
- Despotate of Epirus - one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire
- The Principality of Epirus may refer to the Despotate of Epirus (1205-1479) or to the pashalik of Ali Pasha of Tepelen and Yannina (ca. 1787-1822).
- The Kingdom of Epirus ruled by Pyrrhus
- Epirus vetus and Epirus nova 'Old - and New Epirus' - provinces of the Roman Empire