Cyprus

cyprus English thumb|240px|Flag of Cyprus ,History of + since 1878 +, London Etymology From en la Cyprus, from en grc Κύπρος. Pronunciation en /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ RP,US en en-us-Cyprus.ogg US en /ˈsɑjpɹəs/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Cyprus.wav UK en /ˈsɑe.pɹəs/ AU,NZ en /ˈsʌɪ.pɾəs/ Scotland en /ˈsaɪ.pɾəs/ Wales en cypress Proper noun en Q229en island/and/country *in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of cont/Europe *but geographically part of r/West Asia Republic of Cyprus Nicosia. en 3 September 2026 Jonathan Beale André Rhoden-Paul British army told to stop non-essential training exercises to save money https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgyqey6rlyo BBC News It will continue to train soldiers preparing to be deployed or on deployments - such as units sent to Estonia, the Falklands or Cyprus. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260915105131/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgyqey6rlyo 15 September 2026 en suburban area sub/Beckton lbor/Newham co/Greater London cc/England, named after the Mediterranean island OS grid ref TQ4380. Derived terms en Cyprus dipper Cyprus cat Cyprus cedar Cyprus turpentine Northern Cyprus Cyprian Related terms en Cypriot mul CYP en copper Translations Q229 island or country Abkhaz: ab Кипр Afrikaans: af Siprus Albanian: sq Qipro f, sq Qiproja f definite Amharic: am ቆጵሮስ Arabic: ar قُبْرُص f Hijazi Arabic: acw قبرص f qubruṣ, gubruṣ Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ f qupros Armenian: hy Կիպրոս Old Armenian: xcl Կիպրոս Aromanian: rup Chipru indefinite, rup Chiprul, rup Chiprulu Assamese: as চাইপ্ৰাছ Asturian: ast Chipre, ast Xipre Azerbaijani: az Kipr Balinese: ban Siprus Basque: eu Zipre Belarusian: be Кіпр m Bengali: bn সাইপ্রাস Betawi: bew Kibris, bew Gibris, bew Sipres Breton: br Kiprenez Bulgarian: bg Ки́пър m Burmese: my ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ် Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ці́прус m, rue Кіпр m Catalan: ca Xipre Cherokee: chr ᏌᎢᏆᏍ, chr ᏌᏈ (biblical) Chinese: Cantonese: yue 塞浦路斯 coi3 pou2 lou6 si1 Mandarin: cmn 塞浦路斯 Corsican: co Cipru Crimean Tatar: crh Qıbrız Czech: cs Kypr m Danish: da Cypern Dutch: nl Cyprus n Esperanto: eo Kipro Estonian: et Küpros Farefare: gur Kipro Faroese: fo Kýpros n Finnish: fi Kypros Franco-Provençal: frp Ch·ipre French: fr Chypre f Middle French: frm Cyppre Friulian: fur Cipri m Galician: gl Chipre m Georgian: ka კვიპროსი German: de Zypern n Greek: el Κύπρος f Ancient Greek: grc Κύπρος f Pontic Greek: pnt Κύπρος Gujarati: gu કિબ્રિસ Hausa: ha Cyprus Hebrew: he קַפְרִיסִין f kafrisín Hindi: hi साइप्रस m, hi क़िब्रिस m, hi किब्रिस m Hungarian: hu Ciprus Icelandic: is Kýpur f n Ido: io Chipro Igbo: ig Indonesian: id Siprus Interlingua: ia Cypro Irish: ga an Chipir f Italian: it Cipro Japanese: ja キプロス Kipurosu Javanese: jv Siprus Kalenjin: kln Saipras Kamba: kam Saipras Kannada: kn ಸಿಪ್ರಸ್ Kashubian: csb Cyper m Kazakh: kk Қыбрыс Khmer: km ស៊ីប Kikuyu: ki Saipras Korean: ko ^키프로스, ko ^끼쁘로스 North Korea Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Qibris Kyrgyz: ky Кипр Ladin: lld Ladino: lad Lao: lo ຊີບ Latin: la Cyprus f Latvian: lv Kipra f Lithuanian: lt Kipras m Luhya: luy Saipras Luo: luo Saipras Macedonian: mk Кипар m Malay: ms Cyprus Malayalam: ml സൈപ്രസ് Maltese: mt Ċipru Māori: mi Haipara, mi Kaiperu Marathi: mr किब्रिस, mr सायप्रस n Meru: mer Saipras Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Кипр Navajo: nv Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah Norman: nrf Chypre f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kypros n Nynorsk: nn Kypros n Occitan: oc Chipre f, oc Cipre f Odia: or ସାଇପ୍ରସ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Кѷпръ m Old Norse: non Kípr f Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Кипар m Pashto: ps قبرس m qebres Persian: Dari: prs قِبْرِس Iranian Persian: fa-ira قِبْرِس Phoenician: phn 𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 ʾalašiya f Polish: pl Cypr m Portuguese: pt Chipre m Rarotongan: rar Kuro Romanian: ro Cipru n Romansh: rm Cipra f Russian: ru Кипр m Sami: Northern Sami: se Kypros Sardinian: sc Tzipru Scottish Gaelic: gd Cìprus f, gd Cìopras f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ки̏пар m, sh Ци̏пар m Croatia Latin: sh Kȉpar m, sh Cȉpar m Croatia Silesian: szl Cypr m, szl Cyper m Sinhalese: si සයිප්‍රස් Slovak: sk Cyprus m Slovene: sl Cíper m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Cypern m Upper Sorbian: hsb Cypernska f Spanish: es Chipre m Sundanese: su Siprus Swahili: sw Kupro, sw Kuprosi Swedish: sv Cypern n Tagalog: tl Tsipre Tajik: tg Қибрис, tg Кипр Tamil: ta சைப்பிரசு Tatar: tt Кипр Telugu: te సైప్రస్, te కుప్ర Thai: th ไซปรัส Tibetan: bo སེ་པི་རི་སི Tigrinya: ti ቆጵሮስ Turkish: tr Kıbrıs Ottoman Turkish: ota قبرس Kıbrıs, Kıbrız Turkmen: tk Kipr Ugaritic: uga 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 Ukrainian: uk Кіпр m Urdu: ur قِبْرِص m Uyghur: ug سىپرۇس Uzbek: uz Kipr Veps: vep Vietnamese: vi Síp Volapük: vo Sipreän Võro: vro Küprüs Votic: vot Yiddish: yi ציפּערן n, yi ציפּרוס n Yoruba: yo Kípírọ́sì, yo Kípírù Noun - en historical textiles A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape. 131 I 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 en cypres obsolete en cypress See also en exonyms Dutch nl: Etymology Ultimately from nl la Cyprus, from nl grc Κύπρος. nl Pronunciation nl /ˈsi.prʏs/ nl Nl-Cyprus.ogg nl Cy prus Proper noun n Cypriotisch Cyprioot Cypriotische nl Cyprus Q229 Descendants id 1 Siprus See also nl exonyms Latin la: Etymology la Cyprus :der grc:Κύπρος + 1 Pronunciation yes Proper noun Cyprus<2.loc> f la Cyprus Q229 Declension Cyprus<2.loc> Related terms la cupressoides cuprum Cypria Cypriacus Cypriānus Cypriarches Cypriī Cypris Cyprius Descendants en Cyprus frm Cypre fr Cypre (archaic) fr Chypre pt Chipre es Chipre it Cipro sq Qipro 1 ro Cipru References Malay ms: Proper noun ms Cyprus Q229. See also Slovak sk: Pronunciation Proper noun m-in cyperský Cyperčan Cyperčanka sk Cyprus Q229 Declension m-in Cypru sg See also Further reading Welsh cy: Etymology From cy en Cyprus. Proper noun m cy Cyprus Q229 Coordinate terms Derived terms cy De Cyprus South Cyprus cy Gogledd Cyprus North Cyprus