PATRAI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Patrai mean? 

• PATRAI (noun)
  The noun PATRAI has 1 sense:

1. a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages

  Familiarity information: PATRAI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATRAI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Patrai; Patras

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)