epirus

noun

1. an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
2. a modern region in NW Greece. 3573 sq. mi. (9255 sq. km).

noun

1. a region of NW Greece, part of ancient Epirus ceded to Greece after independence in 1830
2. (in ancient Greece) a region between the Pindus mountains and the Ionian Sea, straddling the modern border with Albania