Chameria (,
Tsamouriá) is a term used today mostly by
Albanians for parts of the coastal region of
Epirus in southern
Albania and northwestern
Greece traditionally associated with an Albanian speaking population called
Chams. Apart from geographical usages, in contemporary times within Albania the toponym has also acquired irredentist connotations. During the interwar period, the toponym was in common use and the official name of the area above the Acheron river in all Greek state documents. Today it is obsolete in Greek, surviving in some old folk songs. Most of what is called
Chameria is divided between the Greek
regional units of
Thesprotia and
Preveza, the southern extremity of Albania's
Sarandë District and some villages in eastern
Ioannina regional unit. As the Greek
toponyms Epirus and
Thesprotia have been established for the region since antiquity, and given the negative sentiments towards
Albanian irredentism, the term is not used by the locals on the Greek side of the border.