Évros

/ ˈɛvrɔs /

noun

1. a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for the Maritsa

Example Sentences

The soles of my feet were hot inside the boots that had carried me on reporting assignments to Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and now Evros, the region in northeastern Greece that borders Turkey where, two days earlier, a wildfire began to rage.

From New York Times

Reinforcements were sent over the weekend to battle the wildfire burning in the Evros region near the border with Turkey, bringing the total number of firefighters on Monday to 741, backed by 124 vehicles and two aircraft.

From Seattle Times

“There is no active front in the Evros area right now,” Greece’s minister for civil protection, Vassilis Kikilias, said.

From Seattle Times

Aircraft and hundreds of firefighters struggled for the 16th day on Sunday to contain the wildfire in the northeastern region of Evros, Europe's deadliest this summer, which killed at least 20 people, destroyed homes and scorched lush forests, including the protected Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli park.

From Reuters

Last year, when another fire in Evros burnt half of the stable, Raptis managed to save all his livestock.

From Reuters