Enosis

See also: enosis and ênosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Ένωσις (Énosis, “union”).

Proper noun

Enosis

1. Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.
   1. (especially) A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
      • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 312:

        Despite the pragmatic reluctance of government ministers, in Greece the cause of Enosis quickly took fire in street demonstrations and in the columns of the press.

Translations

movement aiming to incorporate Cyprus into Greece

• Portuguese: Enosis f, enosis f, ênosis f

Anagrams

• eosins, essoin, neosis, noesis, noises, nosies, noêsis, noësis, noēsis, onsies, ossein, sonsie

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• enosis, ênosis (Brazil)

Proper noun

Enosis f

1. Enosis (movement aiming to incorporate Cyprus into Greece)