what is the origin of the former name?
"Mainland" or "terra firma"
Epirus
"mainland" or "terra firma". It is thought to come from an Indo-Eur
who was theodore komnenos doukas ? Ruler of Epirus and Thessaly
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Epirus [SEP] Name and etymology
The name "Epirus" is derived from the (), meaning "mainland" or "terra firma". It is thought to come from an Indo-European root "*apero-" 'coast', and was originally applied to the mainland opposite Corfu and the Ionian islands. The local name was struck on the coinage of the unified Epirote commonwealth: "ΑΠΕΙΡΩΤΑΝ" (, , i.e. "of the Epirotes", see image right). The Albanian name for the region, which derives from the Greek, is .(translated as drunken in English, water absorbed by land)