English-Finnish translations for Epirus

• Epeiros
  Erityisesti Epeiros sai mainetta Euroopan unionin köyhimpänä alueena. Epirus acquired the dubious accolade of being the poorest region in the European Union.
  Tyypillinen esimerkki on Kreikka, jossa BKT, sellaisilla alueilla kuin Epeiros, Lesbos ja Peloponnesos, ei ole kasvanut vaan pienentynyt. A typical example is Greece, where the GNP of regions such as Epirus, Mytilene or the Peloponnese has fallen rather than risen.
  Ei ole sattuma, että Kreikan Epeiros, joka on ennen kaikkea vuoristoalue, on EU: n köyhin alue, tavoitteen 1 kurjalla johtopaikalla. It is not by chance that Epirus in Greece, which is predominantly a mountainous area, is the poorest region in the EU, with Objective 1 status.

Definition of Epirus

• A traditional geographic region lying partly in northwestern Greece and partly in southern Albania (an area known as Northern Epirus
• One of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece

Related words

• Epirus
• Epirote
• Epirotic
• epirogenesis
• Northern Epirus