επαρχία
See also: ἐπαρχία
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía) from Latin provincia. Also, semantic loan from French province, préfecture.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
επαρχία • (eparchía) f (plural επαρχίες)
- province
- eparchy, an administrative area in Greece; hundred.
- a bishop's province
- collectively, the provinces; any region away from the capital
Usage notes edit
(administrative area): Each επαρχία (eparchía, “eparchy”) is a subdivision of a νομός (nomós, “nome”), a number of which make up a περιφέρεια (periféreia, “periphery”).
Declension edit
declension of επαρχία
Derived terms edit
- επαρχιακός (eparchiakós, “provincial”)
- επαρχιώτης m (eparchiótis, “naive person, provincial”)
- επαρχιώτικος (eparchiótikos, “provincial”)
- επαρχιώτισσα f (eparchiótissa, “naive person, provincial”)
- έπαρχος m (éparchos, “eparch”)
References edit
- ^ επαρχία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading edit
- επαρχία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el