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• PINDUS, MOUNT —    is the range of mountains rising between Thessaly and Epirus, which forms the watershed of the country …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Parnassus, Mount — ▪ mountain, Greece Modern Greek  Óros Parnassós,         mountain barren limestone spur of the Pindus Mountains, central Greece, running northwest–southeast on the borders of the nomoí (departments) of Phocis, Fthiótis, and Boeotia. Rising to a… …   Universalium

• Doris (Greece) — Doris Δωρίς Region of Ancient Greece Hypothetical map of the Dorian invasion of the Peloponnese …   Wikipedia

• Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …   Universalium

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium

• Geography of the Republic of Macedonia — Geography of Republic of Macedonia Continent Europe Region Balkan Peninsula Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• mountain — mountainless, adj. /mown tn/, n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). 2. a large mass of something… …   Universalium

• Chameria — Map of Çamëria in white. Chameria (Albanian: Çamëria, Greek: Τσαμουριά Tsamouriá) is a term used today mostly by Albanians for parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and northwestern Greece …   Wikipedia

• History of modern Macedonia (Greece) — This article is about the modern history of the Greek region of Macedonia; for the history of the larger geographical region, see Macedonia (region)#History.In the 19th cent. the national revival in the Balkans began; national and religious… …   Wikipedia

• Macedonia — /mas i doh nee euh, dohn yeuh/, n. 1. Also, Macedon /mas i don /. an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia. 2. a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945 92) a… …   Universalium