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Meaning of "Peiraeus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEIRAEUS

Peiraeus  [paɪˈriːəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEIRAEUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peiraeus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEIRAEUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peiraeus

Piraeus

Piraeus is a port city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens urban area, 12 kilometres southwest from its city center, and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf. According to the 2011 census, Piraeus had a population of 163,688 people within its administrative limits, making it the fourth largest municipality in Greece and the second largest within the urban area of the Greek capital, following the municipality of Athens. The municipality of Piraeus and several other suburban municipalities within the regional unit of Piraeus form the greater Piraeus area, with a total population of 448,997. Piraeus has a long recorded history, dating to ancient Greece. The city was largely developed in the early 5th century BC, when it was selected to serve as the port city of classical Athens and was transformed into a prototype harbour, concentrating all the import and transit trade of Athens. Consequently, it became the chief harbour of ancient Greece, but declined gradually after the 4th century AD, growing once more in the 19th century, especially after Athens' declaration as the capital of Greece.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEIRAEUS


Aeneas
ɪˈniːəs
Alpheus
ælˈfiːəs
Antaeus
ænˈtiːəs
Apuleius
ˌæpjʊˈliːəs
archaeus
ɑːˈkiːəs
archeus
ɑːˈkiːəs
Aristaeus
ˌærɪˈstiːəs
coryphaeus
ˌkɒrɪˈfiːəs
Dias
ˈdiːəs
Diaz
ˈdiːəs
gluteus
ɡlʊˈtiːəs
Linnaeus
lɪˈniːəs
Micheas
maɪˈkiːəs
Parthenopaeus
ˌpɑːθənəʊˈpiːəs
Peneus
pɪˈniːəs
Piraeus
paɪˈriːəs
Ptolemaeus
ˌtɒlɪˈmiːəs
scarabaeus
ˌskærəˈbiːəs
Typhoeus
taɪˈfiːəs
uraeus
jʊˈriːəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEIRAEUS

Pegu
peh
Pehlevi
Pei
peignoir
Peipus
peirastic
peirastically
Peirce
peize
pejorate
pejoration
pejorative
pejoratively
pekan
peke
Pekin
Pekinese
Peking
Peking duck

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEIRAEUS

Alcaeus
Atreus
aureus
calcaneus
Deus
Judas Maccabaeus
Manichaeus
Morpheus
nucleus
Odysseus
Orpheus
Perseus
Philo Judaeus
Prometheus
Proteus
Reus
Thaddeus
Thadeus
Theseus
Zeus

Synonyms and antonyms of Peiraeus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Peiraeus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEIRAEUS

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Translator English - Chinese

Peiraeus
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Peiraeus
570 millions of speakers

English

Peiraeus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Peiraeus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Peiraeus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пирее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Peiraeus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Peiraeus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pirée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peiraeus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peiraeus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Peiraeus
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Peiraeus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peiraeus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Peiraeus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Peiraeus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिअियस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Peiraeus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Peiraeus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Peiraeus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Піреї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Peiraeus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πειραιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Peiraeus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Peiraeus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pireus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Peiraeus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEIRAEUS»

The term «Peiraeus» is normally little used and occupies the 118.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEIRAEUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Peiraeus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEIRAEUS»

Discover the use of Peiraeus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Peiraeus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Peloponnesian War
The hoplites in the Peiraeus who were building the fort at Eetioneia, and who included Aristokrates, an officer in charge of men from his own tribe, arrested Alexikles, a general who belonged to the oligarchy and was especially partial to the ...
Thucydides, Steven Lattimore, 1998
2
Household Interests: Property, Marriage Strategies, and ...
5822 Cephisia Acharnae Peiraeus n? 7372 Gargettus Rhamnous Olympieion i I n? 7786 Peiraeus Cholargus Peiraeus v 5560 Thoricus Alopece Agora u 7525 Thria Sphettus Peiraeus n? *Numbers Without source indication refer to IG I12.
Cheryl Anne Cox, 2014
3
Violence, Civil Strife and Revolution in the Classical City ...
750-330 BC Andrew Lintott, Professor of Roman History at University of Oxford and Fellow Andrew Lintott. democrats in the Peiraeus had skirmishes and the latter even tried to storm the city. The city faction sent ambassadors to Sparta asking ...
Andrew Lintott, Professor of Roman History at University of Oxford and Fellow Andrew Lintott, 2014
4
A History of the Greek City States, Ca. 700-338 B.C.
They gathered as an assembly of the three thousand on the next day; some of them felt committed to the cause of the Thirty and implicated in their deeds; others hoped for reconciliation with Thrasybulus's men, who held the Peiraeus.
Raphael Sealey, 1976
5
The Victorious Youth
We can only guess at how sailors felt upon seeing the tip of the spear of this colossal Athena on the Akropolis, glinting in the sunlight as they sailed toward the Peiraeus [figure 20]. It was a clear signal that soon they would dock. The Peiraeus ...
Carol C. Mattusch, 1997
6
California Studies
so many foreigners and so much movement of goods and money without the controlling and mediating presence of a local, accessible law court. Several fourth-century decrees from Peiraeus preserve instances of the phrase, to SiKaarrjpiov, ...
Ronald S. Stroud, Jaan Ruhvel, 1977
7
The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology
These were the Peiraic long walls, commonly called rd “a”, the 'legs' of the Peiraeus (Strabo, ix. p. 395. Plut. Cim. §l3), the one being 16 paxpéw 'reixos Tb Biipuov, the other 16 paxpbv 're'ixo: 'ro minor (Andoc. de P806 cum Lac. §§ 5, 7).
Anonymous, Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Fenton John Anthony Hort, 2012
8
The Peloponnesian War
94 95 launch from the Megarians' dockyard at Nisaea the forty ships which happened to be lying there and sail directly to the Peiraeus. There was no fleet on guard there, and no expectation that the enemy would ever make such a sudden ...
Martin Hammond, 2009
9
Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
For the first time text from tablets have been translated into English with substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social and historical context for these spells and tablets of the ancient world.
John G. Gager, 1999
10
Thucydides, with notes and various readings
them, and to help to rescue Alexicles, and taking with him one of the commanders, who was also of his faction, went down into Peiraeus. To help him went also Aristarchus, and certain horsemen of the younger sort. Great and terrible was the ...
Thucydides, 1830

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEIRAEUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Peiraeus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Olympiakos Win LEN Trophy in Women's Water Polo
The women of the Peiraeus-based team won the title for the first time. The Greek team defeated Firenze 10-9 in the final held in Florence, ... «Greek Reporter, Apr 14»
2
Greek public broadcasting shutdown
... in Greece · Greece: General strike against pension reform · Peiraeus dockworkers strike strong despite political and international pressure ... «libcom.org, Jun 13»
3
Five Greek Banks Pass EU Stress Tests ATE Fails
National Bank of Greece, EFG Eurobank, Alpha Bank, Hellenic Post Bank, and Peiraeus Bank pass the check of Europe's banking sector. «Greek Reporter, Jul 10»
4
New wave of strikes in Greece
Today PAME performed a massive protest march in the streets of Athens, while PAME allied dockworkers blockaded the harbour of Peiraeus ... «libcom.org, Jun 10»
5
Greek government announces major pension cuts
The ability must be there for demonstrations such as those of [Communist Party-linked trade union] PAME in Peiraeus to be declared illegal ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 10»
6
Public sector strike paralyzes Greece
It is worth noting that all hydrofoil transport from Peiraeus and Igoumenitsa to the islands has frozen due to the strike. At the time of writing ... «libcom.org, Feb 10»
7
March for Resalto in Keratsini
More than a thousand protesters marched on Saturday afternoon in the industrial proletarian suburb of Peiraeus, Keratsini, against state terror ... «libcom.org, Dec 09»
8
Wave of strikes sweeps Greece
In Peiraeus, talks were concluded on Tuesday regarding the leasing of the Second Pier of Peiraeus to COSCO which was agreed on a bases of ... «libcom.org, Dec 09»
9
Second day of clashes in Greece in anniversary of Alexandros …
Regarding the comrades of Resalto and the occupation of the Keratsini city hall, at 13:00 a demo was formed outside the courts of Peiraeus in ... «libcom.org, Dec 09»
10
Peiraeus dockworkers resume strikes
Peiraeus dockworkers have resumed striking against the sell out of the largest pier of Greece's main harbour to COSCO after negotiations ... «libcom.org, Nov 09»

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« EDUCALINGO. Peiraeus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peiraeus>. Apr 2024 ».
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