[puh-tras, pa-truh
s] 
| 1. | Greek, Pa⋅trai [pah-tre] . a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras. 112,000. |
| 2. | Gulf of, an inlet of the Ionian Sea in the NW Peloponnesus, 10 mi. (16 km) long; 25 mi. (40 km) wide. |
| Pá·trai (pä'trě) A city of southern Greece in the northwest Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Pátrai, or Gulf of Patras, an inlet of the Ionian Sea. The city was an important trade center by the fifth century B.C. but declined before the Roman conquest of Greece (146 B.C.). Its commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages. Population: 161,000. |
Patras
city, capital of the nomos (department) of Achaea, and chief port of the Peloponnese and one of the largest ports in Greece, on the Gulf of Patraikos.
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