Cyprus

From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Republic of Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus#English

An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.


Cypriot

From Ancient Greek Κυπριώτης (Kupriṓtēs, “Cypriot”). Equivalent to Cyprus + -iot.

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Coordinate term: Eteocypriot


Nicosia

/ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.

The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.

A district of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus around the city.


lira

lire (plural)
lira (plural)
liras (plural)

From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of libra and livre.

The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro


Mediterranean Sea

Calque of Late Latin Mare Mediterraneum.


Selected by the European Union as the 3-digit number fastest to dial on cellular and rotary phones without the likelihood of accidental dialing caused by hanging up a landline telephone, sometimes interpreted by phone networks as a 1.

When you call 112 in the United Kingdom, the call is automatically rerouted to 999 operators.

The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.


Nicosian

From Medieval Latin Nicosianus, from Nicosia + -ānus. Equivalent to Nicosia + -an.

Of, from, or pertaining to Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.


Lefkosia

From Greek Λευκωσία (Lefkosía), from a variant of Byzantine Greek Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Nicosia.

(sometimes offensive or proscribed) Synonym of Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.


Lefkosian

(possibly offensive or proscribed) Synonym of Nicosian: of, from, or pertaining to Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.


Cypriotness

The quality or characteristic of being Cypriot.


Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia#English

An overseas territory of the United Kingdom on the island of Cyprus. Official name: the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.


EOKA

In the eyes of the British, EOKA was a terrorist organization. To its supporters its members were freedom fighters engaged in a struggle for national liberation.

2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 315:

(now historical) The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston ("National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters"), a paramilitary group fighting for the end of British rule in Cyprus and for union with Greece.


Mesaorian

The line is unfenced, except in the vicinity of stations, and runs across the treeless Mesaorian plain for the whole distance between Famagusta and Nicosia.

1941 May, W. Dendy, “The Cyprus Government Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 201:

Relating to the Mesaoria, a plain in Cyprus.


Northern Cypriot

en-noun

Northern Cypriot (plural Northern Cypriots)