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English
Etymology
From Latin Cyprus , from Ancient Greek Κύπρος ( Kúpros ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cyprus
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 .
A suburban area of Beckton , borough of Newham , Greater London , England , named after the Mediterranean island ( OS grid ref TQ4380) .
Derived terms
Translations
island or country
Afrikaans: Siprus
Albanian: Qipro f , Qiproja f ( definite )
Amharic: ቆጵሮስ ( ḳop̣ros )
Arabic: قُبْرُص (ar) f ( qubruṣ )
Hijazi Arabic: قُبْرُص f ( qubruṣ, gubruṣ )
Armenian: Կիպրոս (hy) ( Kipros )
Old Armenian: Կիպրոս ( Kipros )
Aromanian: Chipru ( indefinite ) , Chiprul , Chiprulu
Assamese: চাইপ্ৰাছ ( saipras )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ f ( qupros )
Asturian: Chipre (ast)
Azerbaijani: Kipr (az)
Basque: Zipre (eu)
Belarusian: Кіпр m ( Kipr )
Bengali: সাইপ্রাস (bn) ( śaipraś )
Breton: Kiprenez
Bulgarian: Ки́пър (bg) m ( Kípǎr )
Burmese: ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ် ( hcuikpa.rapc )
Carpathian Rusyn: Ці́прус m ( Cíprus ) , Кіпр m ( Kipr )
Catalan: Xipre (ca)
Cherokee: ᏌᎢᏆᏍ ( saiquas )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 塞浦路斯 ( coi3 pou2 lou6 si1 )
Mandarin: 塞浦路斯 (zh) ( Sàipǔlùsī )
Corsican: Cipru
Crimean Tatar: Qıbrız
Czech: Kypr (cs) m
Danish: Cypern (da)
Dutch: Cyprus (nl) n
Esperanto: Kipro (eo)
Estonian: Küpros (et)
Farefare: Kipro
Faroese: Kýpros n
Finnish: Kypros (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Ch·ipre
French: Chypre (fr) f
Middle French: Cyppre
Friulian: Cipri m
Galician: Chipre (gl) m
Georgian: კვიპროსი (ka) ( ḳviṗrosi )
German: Zypern (de) n
Greek: Κύπρος (el) f ( Kýpros )
Ancient: Κύπρος f ( Kúpros )
Gujarati: કિબ્રિસ ( kibris )
Hausa: Cyprus
Hebrew: קַפְרִיסִין (he) f ( kafrisín )
Hindi: साइप्रस (hi) m ( sāipras ) , क़िब्रिस m ( qibris ) , किब्रिस m ( kibris )
Hungarian: Ciprus (hu)
Icelandic: Kýpur (is) f or n
Ido: Chipro (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: Siprus (id)
Interlingua: Cypro
Irish: an Chipir f
Italian: Cipro (it)
Japanese: キプロス (ja) ( Kipurosu )
Kalenjin: Saipras
Kamba: Saipras
Kannada: ಸಿಪ್ರಸ್ ( sipras )
Kashubian: Cyper m
Kazakh: Қыбрыс ( Qybrys )
Khmer: ស៊ីប (km) ( siip )
Kikuyu: Saipras
Korean: 키프로스 (ko) ( Kipeuroseu ) , 끼쁘로스 (ko) ( Kkippeuroseu ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Qibris (ku)
Kyrgyz: Кипр (ky) ( Kipr )
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ຊີບ ( sīp )
Latin: Cyprus (la) f
Latvian: Kipra f
Lithuanian: Kipras (lt) m
Luhya: Saipras
Luo: Saipras
Macedonian: Кипар m ( Kipar )
Malay: Cyprus (ms)
Malayalam: സൈപ്രസ് ( saiprasŭ )
Maltese: Ċipru
Maori: Haipara , Kaiperu
Marathi: किब्रिस ( kibris ) , सायप्रस n ( sāyapras )
Meru: Saipras
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Кипр ( Kipr )
Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah
Norman: Chypre f
Northern Sami: Kypros
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kypros (no) n
Nynorsk: Kypros (nn) n
Occitan: Chipre (oc) f , Cipre (oc) f
Odia: ସାଇପ୍ରସ ( sāiprasa )
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Кѷпръ m ( Kü̏prŭ )
Old Norse: Kípr f
Ottoman Turkish: قبرس ( Kıbrıs, Kıbrız )
Pashto: قبرس (ps) m ( qebres )
Persian:
Dari: قِبْرِس ( qibris )
Iranian Persian: قِبْرِس ( ğebres )
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 f ( ʾlšy /ʾalašiya/ )
Polish: Cypr (pl) m
Portuguese: Chipre (pt) m
Rarotongan: Kuro
Romanian: Cipru (ro) n
Romansch: Cipra f
Russian: Кипр (ru) m ( Kipr )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ки̏пар m , Ци̏пар m ( Croatia )
Roman: Kȉpar m , Cȉpar (sh) m ( Croatia )
Silesian: Cypr m , Cyper m
Sinhalese: සයිප්රස් ( sayipras )
Slovak: Cyprus (sk) m
Slovene: Cíper (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Cypern m
Upper Sorbian: Cypernska f
Spanish: Chipre (es) m
Swahili: Kupro , Kuprosi
Swedish: Cypern (sv) n
Tagalog: Tsipre
Tajik: Қибрис ( Qibris ) , Кипр (tg) ( Kipr )
Tamil: சைப்பிரசு ( caippiracu )
Tatar: Кипр ( Kipr )
Telugu: సైప్రస్ (te) ( saipras )
Thai: ไซปรัส (th) ( sai-bprás )
Tibetan: སེ་པི་རི་སི ( se pi ri si )
Tigrinya: ቆጵሮስ ( ḳop̣ros )
Turkish: Kıbrıs (tr)
Turkmen: Kipr
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 ( ảlṯy )
Ukrainian: Кіпр (uk) m ( Kipr )
Urdu: قِبْرِص m ( qibris )
Uyghur: سىپرۇس ( siprus )
Uzbek: Kipr (uz)
Veps: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: Síp (vi)
Volapük: Sipreän (vo)
Võro: Küprüs
Votic: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: ציפּערן n ( tsipern ) , ציפּרוס n ( tsiprus )
Yoruba: Kúrúsì
Noun
Cyprus (uncountable )
( historical , textiles ) A thin, translucent , usually black fabric , a kind of crape .
1834 , L E L , chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley , , (successor to Henry Colburn ), →OCLC , page 131 :Seated in an arm-chair, covered with cloth of gold, was the Queen; her robe was of black velvet, edged with the richest sable; and the diadem at the back of her head confined the folds of a long black Cyprus veil.
See also
(countries of Asia ) country of Asia ; Afghanistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Brunei , Cambodia , China , Cyprus , East Timor , Georgia , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan , Laos , Lebanon , Malaysia , Maldives , Mongolia , Myanmar , Nepal , North Korea , Oman , Pakistan , Palestine , Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , South Korea , Sri Lanka , Syria , Taiwan , Tajikistan , Thailand , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Arab Emirates , Uzbekistan , Vietnam , Yemen
(countries of Europe ) countries of Europe ; Albania , Andorra , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia (Czech Republic ), Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Moldova , Monaco , Montenegro , Netherlands , North Macedonia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , San Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , Vatican City
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Cyprus , from Ancient Greek Κύπρος ( Kúpros ) . This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsi.prʏs/
Hyphenation: Cy‧prus
Proper noun
Cyprus n (adjective Cypriotisch , demonym Cyprioot m or Cypriotische f )
Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea , normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia )
Descendants
See also
(countries of Europe ) Landen van Europa ; Albanië , Andorra , Armenië , Azerbeidzjan , België , Belarus , Bosnië en Herzegovina , Bulgarije , Cyprus , Denemarken , Duitsland , Estland , Finland , Frankrijk , Georgië , Griekenland , Hongarije , Ierland , IJsland , Italië , Kazachstan , Kroatië , Letland , Liechtenstein , Litouwen , Luxemburg , Malta , Moldavië , Monaco , Montenegro , Nederland , Noord-Macedonië , Noorwegen , Oekraïne , Oostenrijk , Polen , Portugal , Roemenië , Rusland , San Marino , Servië , Slovenië , Slowakije , Tsjechië , Turkije , Vaticaanstad , Verenigd Koninkrijk , Wit-Rusland , Zweden , Zwitserland (Category: nl:Countries in Europe )
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κύπρος ( Kúpros ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cyprus f sg (genitive Cyprī ) ; second declension
Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea , normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia )
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
“Cyprus ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cyprus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Malay
Proper noun
Cyprus
Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea , normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia ) .
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cyprus m inan (relational adjective cyperský , demonym Cyperčan , female demonym Cyperčanka )
Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea , normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia )
Declension
Declension of Cyprus
singulare tantum
nominative
Cyprus
genitive
Cypru
dative
Cypru
accusative
Cyprus
locative
Cypre
instrumental
Cyprom
See also
(countries of Europe ) štáty Európy ; Albánsko , Andorra , Arménsko , Azerbajdžan , Belgicko , Bielorusko , Bosna a Hercegovina , Bulharsko , Chorvátsko , Cyprus , Čierna Hora , Česko , Dánsko , Estónsko , Fínsko , Francúzsko , Grécko , Gruzínsko , Holandsko , Írsko , Island , Kazachstan , Lichtenštajnsko , Litva , Lotyšsko , Luxembursko , Maďarsko , Malta , Moldavsko , Monako , Nemecko , Nórsko , Poľsko , Portugalsko , Rakúsko , Rumunsko , Rusko , San Maríno , Severné Macedónsko , Slovensko , Slovinsko , Spojené kráľovstvo , Srbsko , Španielsko , Švédsko , Švajčiarsko , Taliansko , Turecko , Ukrajina , Vatikán (Category: sk:Countries in Europe )
References
“Cyprus ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Welsh
Etymology
From English Cyprus .
Proper noun
Cyprus m
Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea , normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia )
Coordinate terms
(countries of Asia ) gwledydd Asia ; Affganistan , Armenia , Aserbaijan , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Bhwtan , Brwnei , Cambodia , Casachstan , Catar , Coweit , Cirgistan , Cyprus , De Corea , Dwyrain Timor , yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig , Fietnam , Georgia , Iemen , India , Indonesia , Irac , Iran , Israel , Japan , Gogledd Corea , Gwlad Tai , Gwlad yr Iorddonen , Laos , Libanus , Maleisia , Maldives , Mongolia , Myanmar , Nepal , Oman , Pacistan , Palesteina , y Philipinau , Rwsia , Sawdi Arabia , Singapôr , Sri Lanca , Syria , Taiwan , Tajicistan , Tsieina , Twrci , Tyrcmenistan , Wsbecistan
(countries of Europe ) gwledydd Ewrop ; Albania , yr Almaen , Andorra , Armenia , Awstria , Aserbaijan , Belarws , Bosnia a Hertsegofina , Bwlgaria , Casachstan , Croatia , Cyprus , Denmarc , y Deyrnas Unedig , Dinas y Fatican , Estonia , y Ffindir , Ffrainc , yr Eidal , Georgia , Gogledd Macedonia , Gwlad Belg , Gwlad Groeg , Gwlad Pwyl , Gwlad yr Iâ , Hwngari , yr Iseldiroedd , Iwerddon , Latfia , Liechtenstein , Lithwania , Lwcsembwrg , Malta , Moldofa , Monaco , Montenegro , Norwy , Portiwgal , Rwmania , Rwsia , San Marino , Sbaen , Serbia , Slofacia , Slofenia , Sweden , y Swistir , Tsiecia (y Weriniaeth Tsiec ), Twrci , Wcráin (Category: cy:Countries in Europe )
Derived terms