Illyria en · PROPN
Etymology
From Latin Illyria, from Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία (Illuría), which may be from Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós. This is supported by the attestation of Hílurios by Plautus in Menaechmi (200s BC).
Meanings
- (historical) A vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania.
- (historical) A much larger former province of the Roman Empire, covering the whole of Dalmatia and Pannonia, existing from 27 BC to c. 70 AD and reconstituted in 293 AD by Diocletian.
Deriveds
Translations (45)
et Illüüria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sh Ilìrik (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sh Ѝлӣрија (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · uk Іллірія (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · bg Или́рия (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · rup Ilirii (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ru Илли́рия (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · hy Լյուրիկե (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · lv Ilīrija (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · fy Illyrje (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · fi Illyria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · da Illyrien (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · xcl Լիւրիկէ (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · la Illyria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ka ილირია (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · pl Iliria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sq Iliria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · cmn 伊利里亚 (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · el Ιλλυρία (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · it Illiria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · pt Ilíria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · fa ایلیریا (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · rup Ilirie (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ar إيليريا (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sh Илѝрик (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · he איליריה (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · la Illyricum (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · lt Ilyrija (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sl Ilirija (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ja イリュリア (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sh Ìlīrija (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ca Il·líria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sco Illyrie (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · de Illyrien (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · tr İlirya (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · rup Iliria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · nl Illyrië (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ro Iliria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · eo Ilirio (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · grc Ἰλλυρία (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · hy Իլլիրիա (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sq Iliri (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ga Eilíria (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · sv Illyrien (region in the Balkan Peninsula) · ko 일리리아 (region in the Balkan Peninsula)