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piraeus
/pəˈɹeɪəs/
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What does piraeus mean?
proper noun
- A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf.
- A regional unit of Greece.
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IPA pronunciation
/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.
By good fortune and skillful management he appeared before Piraeus, on the twenty-sixth of Thargelion, before anything had been heard of him.