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US
/ˈsaɪpɹəs/
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NOUN
- a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
- an island in the eastern Mediterranean
How To Use Cyprus In A Sentence
- One wonders how Ecevit, with his exaggeration and selective memory, can have an objective and nonaggressive attitude toward a fair solution in Cyprus. Europe's Highs And Lows
- It was found that certain cliques of countries within the same geographic region, like Greece and Cyprus, are likely to vote similarly.
- We all know Cyprus is a favourite domicile for businesses controlled by Russian oligarchs. Times, Sunday Times
- Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny; whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Othello, the Moore of Venice
- They are the Dutch ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, Ireland, Cyprus, Dubai, Mauritius, Bhutan and Iceland.
- The road is strait and spacious and kept in excellent repair by the industrious inhabitants, and is generally bordered by tall and spreading trees as the magnolia, liquid amber, liriodendron, catalpa and live oak, and on the verges of the canals where the road was causewayed, stood the cyprus, lacianthus and magnolia, all planted by nature and left standing by the virtuous inhabitants, to shade the road and perfume the sultry air. Agricultural Resources of Georgia. Address Before the Cotton Planters Convention of Georgia at Macon, December 13, 1860
- Even the moneys of Cyprus were flowing somewhat overfreely into the coffers of the Venetian Provveditori who kept vigilant watch over the island kingdom -- which was, in truth, no longer anything but a Venetian province, except in name. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
- Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny, whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Act II. Scene I. Othello, the Moor of Venice
- The Cyprus court acquitted two other British men of all charges. The Sun
- Among Greeks the word "unionist" is rendered as "enotist" — someone who supports enosis, or union, between Greece and John Bull's other European colony, Cyprus. The Perils of Partition