Nicosia

See also: Nicósia

English

A population density map of Greek-controlled Cyprus; Nicosia and its suburbs are the conurbation at the center of the island

A map of the de facto division of Cyprus and the municipality of Nicosia

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪkoʊˈsiə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Nicosia

2. The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
3. A district of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus around the city.
4. A comune in Enna province, Sicily, Italy.

Synonyms

• Lefkosia (Greek endonym)

Related terms

• Nicosian

Translations

capital of Cyprus

• Afrikaans: Nikosia
• Arabic: نِيقُوسِيَا f (nīqōsiyā), لِفْقُسِيَة f (lifqusiya) (archaic)

  Hijazi Arabic: نيقوسيا f (nīgōsya), لِفْقُسِيَّة f (lifgusiyya)

• Armenian: Նիկոսիա (Nikosia)
• Belarusian: Нікасі́я f (Nikasíja)
• Bulgarian: Нико́зия f (Nikózija)
• Catalan: Nicòsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼科西亞／尼科西亚 (zh) (Níkēxīyǎ)

• Corsican: Nicosia f
• Czech: Nikósie (cs) f
• Danish: Nicosia, Lefkousia
• Dutch: Nicosia n
• Finnish: Nikosia (fi)
• French: Nicosie (fr) f
• Galician: Nicosia (gl) f
• Georgian: ნიქოზია (ka) (nikozia)
• German: Nikosia (de) n
• Greek:

  Modern: Λευκωσία (el) f (Lefkosía)

• Hindi: निकोसिया (nikosiyā)
• Irish: an Niocóis f, an Leafcóis f
• Italian: Nicosia f, Lefkosia f
• Japanese: ニコシア (ja) (Nikoshia)
• Korean: 니코시아 (Nikosia)
• Latin: Nicosia f
• Latvian: Nikosija f
• Lithuanian: Nikosija f
• Macedonian: Никозија f (Nikozija), Левкозија f (Levkozija)
• Maltese: Nikosija
• Navajo: Nikʼóósiya
• Occitan: Nicosia f
• Ottoman Turkish: لفقوشه (lefkoşa)
• Persian: نیکوزیا (nikozyâ)
• Polish: Nikozja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nicósia (pt) f
• Russian: Никоси́я (ru) f (Nikosíja)
• Spanish: Nicosia (es), Lefkosia
• Thai: นิโคเซีย (ní-koo-siia)
• Turkish: Lefkoşa (tr)
• Ukrainian: Нікосі́я f (Nikosíja)
• Uzbek: Nikosiya
• Vietnamese: Ni-cô-xi-a
• Yiddish: ניקאָסיע (nikosye)

References

• “Nicosia”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Webster's New World College Dictionary. 3rd Edition. New York, Simon & Schuster Macmillan. (1988)

Anagrams

• Nicasio, icosian

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v. Doublet of Lefkosia.

Proper noun

Nicosia f

1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Synonyms

• Lefkosia (Greek endonym)

Anagrams

• acinosi, ci siano, cianosi

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v. Doublet of Lefkosia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈkosja/ [niˈko.sja]
• Rhymes: -osja
• Syllabification: Ni‧co‧sia

Proper noun

Nicosia f

1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Synonyms

• Lefkosia (Greek endonym)