Cyprus

See also: cyprus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: cypress

Proper noun

Cyprus

2. An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea between the regions Europe and Middle East. Official name: Republic of Cyprus
3. A suburban area of Beckton, borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the Mediterranean island (OS grid ref TQ4380).

Derived terms

• Cyprus cat
• Cyprus cedar
• Cyprus turpentine

Related terms

• Cypriot
• CYP

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
• 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)
• 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) n
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Кѷпръ m (Kü̏prŭ)

• Old Norse: Kípr f
• Ottoman Turkish: قبرس‎ (Kıbrıs, Kıbrız)
• Pashto: قبرس‎ (ps) m (qebres)
• Persian: قِبرِس‎ (fa) (qebres)
• 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)
• Rusyn: Ціпрус m (Ciprus)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ки̏пар m, Ци̏пар m (Croatia)

  Roman: Kȉpar m, Cȉpar (sh) m (Croatia)

• Silesian: Cypr m
• Sinhalese: සයිප්‍රස් (sayipras)
• Slovak: Cyprus (sk) m
• Slovene: Cíper (sl) m
• Spanish: Chipre (es) m
• Swahili: Kupro, Kuprosi
• Swedish: Cypern (sv) n
• Tagalog: Tsipre
• Tajik: Қибрис (Qibris), Кипр (tg) (Kipr)
• Tatar: Кипр (Kipr)
• 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)

1. (historical, textiles) A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 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.

Alternative forms

• cypres (obsolete)
• cypress

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) country 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/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Cy‧prus

Proper noun

Cyprus n

1. Cyprus

Derived terms

• Cyprioot

Descendants

• → Indonesian: Siprus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈky.prus/, [ˈkʏprʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.prus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːprus]

Proper noun

Cyprus f sg (genitive Cyprī); second declension

1. Cyprus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cyprus
Genitive	Cyprī
Dative	Cyprō
Accusative	Cyprum
Ablative	Cyprō
Vocative	Cypre
Locative	Cyprī

Related terms

• cupressoides
• cuprum
• Cypria
• Cypriacus
• Cypriarches
• Cypris
• Cyprius
• Cypriānus
• Cypriī

 

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