Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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; 
[syn: Patras, Patrai]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Patras
    n 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 [syn:
         Patras, Patrai]