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Patras

Definition of Patras
  • an industrial port in the NW Peloponnese, on the Gulf of Patras; population 167,400 (est. 2009). It was the site in 1821 of the outbreak of the Greek war of independence. Greek name Pátrai /ˈpatrɛ/.

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