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Piraeus

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Piraeus (Peiraías) Seaport city in se Greece, 8km (5mi) sw of Athens; largest Greek port. Planned in c.490 bc, Piraeus rapidly developed into a major sea outlet. In 86 bc, Roman General Sulla destroyed the city, and it fell into decline. In the 19th century, following Greek independence, a process of reconstruction led to the creation of the modern naval and commercial port. It is the centre of a modern communications network with all the Greek islands. Industries: shipbuilding, oil-refining, textiles, chemicals. Pop. (2000 est.) 189,000.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Piraeus (Piraiés), Greece Founded in the 5th century bc as a new port for the Athenian fleet, its name comes from peran ‘beyond’, a reference to the fact that a marshy area separated it from the mainland.

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Piraeus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Piraeus Greece: see Piraiévs .

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Piraeus

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Piraeus •Andreas, Antaeus, Laius, Menelaus •Aeneas, Apuleius, Judas Maccabaeus, Linnaeus, Piraeus, uraeus

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