Cyprus

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Etymology

Via Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kupros).

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

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• Homophone: cypress

Proper noun

Cyprus

1. Country between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea. Member state of the European Union since 2004. Official name: Republic of Cyprus.
2. Island between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Translations

country

• Albanian: Qipro (sq)
• Arabic: قبرص (ar) (qúbruS) f

  Egyptian Arabic: قبرص (ʔubruṣ) f

• Armenian: Կիպրոս (hy) (Kipros)

  Old Armenian: Կիպրոս (Kipros)

• Azeri: Kipr (az)
• Basque: Zipre (eu)
• Belarusian: Кіпр (be) (Kipr) m
• Bengali: সাইপ্রাস (bn)
• Breton: Kiprenez (br)
• Bulgarian: Кипър (bg) (Kípǎr) m
• Catalan: Xipre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞浦路斯 (cmn) (Sāipǔlùsī)

• Corsican: Cipru (co)
• Crimean Tatar: Qıbrız
• Czech: Kypr (cs) m
• Danish: Cypern (da)
• Dutch: Cyprus (nl)
• Esperanto: Kipro (eo)
• Estonian: Küpros (et)
• Faroese: Kýpros (fo) n
• Finnish: Kypros (fi)
• French: Chypre (fr) f

  Middle French: Cyppre

• German: Zypern (de) n
• Greek: Κύπρος (el) (Kýpros) f
• Hebrew: קפריסין (he) (qafrisyn)
• Hindi: साइप्रस (hi) (sā'ipras)
• Hungarian: Ciprus (hu)
• Icelandic: Kýpur (is) f and n
• Ido: Chipro (io)
• Interlingua: Cypro (ia)
• Irish: An Chipir (ga) f, Poblacht na Cipire (ga) f
• Italian: Cipro (it)
• Japanese: キプロス (ja) (Kipurosu)
• Kalenjin: Saipras

• Kamba: Saipras
• Khmer: ស៊ីប (km) (sib)
• Kikuyu: Saipras
• Korean: 키프로스 (ko) (Kipeuroseu)
• Latin: Cyprus (la)
• Latvian: Kipra (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Kipras (lt)
• Luhya: Saipras
• Luo: Saipras
• Macedonian: Кипар (mk) (Kípar) m
• Maltese: Ċipru (mt)
• Meru: Saipras
• Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah
• Norwegian: Kypros (no)
• Occitan: Chipre (oc) f, Cipre (oc) f
• Old Norse: Kípr f
• Persian: قبرس (fa)
• Polish: Cypr (pl) m
• Portuguese: Chipre (pt) m
• Romanian: Cipru (ro) n
• Romansch: Cipra (rm) f
• Russian: Кипр (ru) (Kipr) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кипар (sh) m, Ципар (sh) m (Croatia)

  Roman: Kipar (sh) m, Cipar (sh) m (Croatia)

• Silesian: Cypr m
• Slovak: Cyprus (sk) m
• Slovene: Cíper (sl) m
• Spanish: Chipre (es) m
• Swedish: Cypern (sv)
• Thai: ไซปรัส (th) (sai-bpràt)
• Turkish: Kıbrıs (tr)
• Turkmen: Kipr (tk)
• Ukrainian: Кіпр (uk) (Kipr) m
• Urdu: قبرص (ur)
• Vietnamese: Síp (vi)
• Võro: Küprüs

Related terms

• Cypriot
• CYP

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Cyprus
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}

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Dutch

Proper noun

Cyprus n

1. Cyprus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kupros)

Proper noun

Cyprus (genitive Cyprī); m, second declension

1. Cyprus

Inflection

nominative	Cyprus
genitive	Cyprī
dative	Cyprō
accusative	Cyprum
ablative	Cyprō
vocative	Cypre
locative	Cyprī

Related terms

cupressoides cuprum Cypria Cypriacus Cypriānus

Cypriarches Cypriī Cypris Cyprius

Descendants

• English: Cyprus

See also

• cyprus