Evros

English

Etymology

From Greek Έβρος (Évros), from Ancient Greek Ἕβρος (Hébros), from Thracian *Ebrus (“wide”) or Thracian ebros (“splasher”).

Proper Noun

Evros

1. A river in southeastern Europe that flows through Bulgaria and down the border between Greece and Turkey before emptying into the Aegean Sea.
   • 2006 March 24, NASA, “Floods Along the Evros (Meric) River”, in NASA Earth Observatory‎^[1], retrieved March 11, 2025:

     Rain and melting snow combined to push the Evros (Meric) River over its banks in March 2006.

   • 2021 June 23, Amnesty International, “Greece: Pushbacks and violence against refugees and migrants are de facto border policy”, in amnesty.org‎^[2] (press release), retrieved March 11, 2025:

     [H]e and his group were forced off the boat and into the water near an islet in the middle of the Evros river [...]

   Synonyms: Meric (from Turkish), Maritsa (from Bulgarian), Maritza

2. A regional unit in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, named after the river.
   • 2021 June 23, Amnesty International, “Greece: Pushbacks and violence against refugees and migrants are de facto border policy”, in amnesty.org‎^[3] (press release), retrieved March 11, 2025:

     People are also being apprehended and detained far into the Greek mainland before being returned to the Evros region to be illegally returned.