# Epirus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/ · frequency rank #79,495

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

## Etymology
From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/epirus