Cyprus

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: cypress

Proper nounEdit

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.

Related termsEdit

• Cypriot
• CYP

TranslationsEdit

country

• Albanian: Qipro
• Amharic: ቆጵሮስ (ḳop̣ros)
• Arabic: قُبْرُص‎‎ f (qubruṣ)
• Armenian: Կիպրոս (Kipros)

  Old Armenian: Կիպրոս (Kipros)

• Asturian: Chipre (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Kipr (az)
• Basque: Zipre (eu)
• Belarusian: Кіпр m (Kipr)
• Bengali: সাইপ্রাস (śaipraś)
• Breton: Kiprenez
• Bulgarian: Ки́пър (bg) m (Kípǎr)
• Burmese: ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ် (hcuikpa.rapc)
• Catalan: Xipre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞浦路斯 (zh) (Sāipǔlùsī)

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

  Middle French: Cyppre

• Galician: Chipre (gl) m
• Georgian: კვიპროსი (ḳviṗrosi)
• German: Zypern (de) n
• Greek: Κύπρος (el) f (Kýpros)

  Ancient Greek: Κύπρος f (Kúpros)

• Gujarati: કિબ્રિસ (kibris)
• Hausa: Cyprus
• Hebrew: קַפְרִיסִין‎‎ (kaf'risin)
• Hindi: साइप्रस (hi) (sāipras), किब्रिस (kibris)
• Hungarian: Ciprus (hu)
• Icelandic: Kýpur (is) f, n
• Ido: Chipro (io)
• Indonesian: Siprus (id)
• Interlingua: Cypro
• Irish: An Chipir f
• Italian: Cipro (it)
• Japanese: キプロス (ja) (Kipurosu)
• Kalenjin: Saipras
• Kamba: Saipras
• Kazakh: Кипр (Kïpr)
• Khmer: ស៊ីប (km) (siip)
• Kikuyu: Saipras
• Korean: 키프로스 (Kipeuroseu)

• Kurdish: Qibris‎‎ (ku)
• Kyrgyz: Кипр (Kipr)
• 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)
• Meru: Saipras
• Mongolian: Кипр (Kipr)
• Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah
• Norman: Chypre f
• Northern Sami: Kypros
• Norwegian: Kypros (no)
• Occitan: Chipre (oc) f, Cipre (oc) f
• Old Norse: Kípr f
• Persian: قبرس‎‎ (fa) (qebres)
• Polish: Cypr (pl) m
• Portuguese: Chipre (pt) m
• Romanian: Cipru (ro) n
• Romansch: Cipra f
• Russian: Кипр (ru) m (Kipr)
• Rusyn: Ціпрус (rue) m (Ciprus)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кипар m, Ципар m (Croatia)

  Roman: Kipar m, Cipar (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)
• Tagalog: Tsipre
• Tajik: Кипр (Kipr)
• Thai: ไซปรัส (th) (sai-bprát)
• Turkish: Kıbrıs (tr)
• Turkmen: Kipr
• Ukrainian: Кіпр (uk) m (Kipr)
• Urdu: قبرص‎‎ (qibris)
• Uzbek: Kipr (uz)
• Vietnamese: Síp
• Võro: Küprüs
• Yiddish: ציפּערן‎‎ (tsipern), ציפּרוס‎‎ (tsiprus)
• Yoruba: Kúrúsì

See alsoEdit

• (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, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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Proper nounEdit

Cyprus n

1. Cyprus

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros)

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈky.prus/, [ˈkʏ.prʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.prus/, [ˈt͡ʃiː.prus]

Proper nounEdit

Cyprus m (genitive Cyprī); second declension

1. Cyprus

InflectionEdit

Second declension, with locative.

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

Related termsEdit

Terms related to Cyprus

• cupressoides
• cuprum
• Cypria

• Cypriacus
• Cypriānus
• Cypriarches

• Cypriī
• Cypris
• Cyprius

ReferencesEdit

• 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