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piraeus

/pəˈɹeɪəs/

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What does piraeus mean?

proper noun

  1. A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf.
  2. A regional unit of Greece.

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/pəˈɹeɪəs/

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But at my age I can hardly get to the city, and therefore you should come oftener to the Piraeus.
PlatoThe RepublicTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1497
By good fortune and skillful management he appeared before Piraeus, on the twenty-sixth of Thargelion, before anything had been heard of him.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674