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Nicosia
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Nicósia
English
thumb|right|250px|A population density map of areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus; Nicosia and its suburbs are the conurbation at the center of the island
thumb|right|250px|A map of the de facto division of Cyprus and the municipality of Nicosia
Etymology
en :der la-med:Nicosia fro:Nicosia<ety:der<gkm:Λευκωσία>> 1
From en la-med - and en fro Nicosia, from en gkm Λευκωσία, variant of gkm Λευκουσία, equivalent to grc λευκός white or grc λεύκη poplar + grc οὐσία property, estate, but deriving from various en grc - forms including grc Λευτεῶν, grc Λευκοθέον, and grc Λευκούπολις adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as grc Λέδραι, grc Λῆδρον, grc Λεδρῶν, grc Λήδρα, etc. en Lefkoşa Lefkosia.
Pronunciation
en /ˌnɪkoʊˈsiə/ GA
en /ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nicosia.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q3856 en capital city c/Cyprus and c/Northern Cyprus.
en Lefkoşa<l:Turkish endonym> Lefkosia<l:Greek endonym>
en metonymy The Cypriot government.
en district c/Cyprus and c/Northern Cyprus around the city.
en comune in p:suf/Enna r/Sicily c/Italy.
Derived terms
North Nicosia
Related terms
en Nicosian
Translations
capital of Cyprus
Afrikaans: af Nikosia
Albanian: sq Nikozia
Arabic: ar نِيقُوسِيَا f nīqōsiyā, ar لِفْقُسِيَة f archaic
Hijazi Arabic: acw نيقوسيا f nīgōsya, acw لِفْقُسِيَّة f lifgusiyya
Armenian: hy Նիկոսիա
Asturian: ast Nicosia
Basque: eu Nikosia
Belarusian: be Нікасі́я f
Bulgarian: bg Нико́зия f
Catalan: ca Nicòsia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼科西亞
Corsican: co Nicosia f
Czech: cs Nikósie f
Danish: da Nicosia, da Lefkousia
Dutch: nl Nicosia n
Esperanto: eo Nikozio
Estonian: et Nikosia
Finnish: fi Nikosia
French: fr Nicosie f
Galician: gl Nicosia f
Georgian: ka ნიქოზია
German: de Nikosia n
Greek: el Λευκωσία f
Cypriot Greek: el-cyp χώρα f
Hebrew: he ניקוסיה f nikosyah
Hindi: hi निकोसिया
Hungarian: hu Nicosia
Icelandic: is Nikósia f
Ido: io Nikosia
Indonesian: id Nikosia
Irish: ga Niocóis f an Niocóis, ga Leafcóis f an Leafcóis
Italian: it Nicosia f, it Lefkosia f
Japanese: ja ニコシア Nikoshia
Korean: ko ^니코시아
Latin: la Nicosia f
Latvian: lv Nikosija f
Lithuanian: lt Nikosija f
Macedonian: mk Никозија f, mk Левкозија f
Malay: ms Nicosia
Maltese: mt Nikosija
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Nikosia
Nynorsk: nn Nikosia
Occitan: oc Nicosia f
Persian: fa نیکوزیا nikozyâ
Polish: pl Nikozja f
Portuguese: pt Nicósia f
Romanian: ro Nicosia f
Russian: ru Никоси́я f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Никозија
Latin: sh Nikozija f
Sicilian: scn Nicusìa
Slovak: sk Nikózia f
Slovene: sl Nikozija f
Spanish: es Nicosia, es Lefkosia
Swedish: sv Nicosia f
Thai: th นิโคเซีย
Turkish: tr Lefkoşa
Ottoman Turkish: ota لفقوشه lefkoşa
Ukrainian: uk Нікосі́я f
Urdu: ur نیکوسیا nikosiyā
Uzbek: uz Nikosiya
Vietnamese: vi Ni-cô-xi-a
Volapük: vo Lefkosia
Yiddish: yi ניקאָסיע
References
Nicosia
Anagrams
en aciinos Nicasio icosian
en exonyms
en Cyprus
Italian
Pronunciation
^ì<r:DiPI><r:DOP:lid#1059938<<name:dop>>>,Nicòsia
Etymology 1
it:
it :bor la-med:Nicosia fro:Nicosia<ety:der<gkm:Λευκωσία>>
From it la-med - and it fro Nicosia, from it gkm Λευκωσία, q.v. it Lefkosia.
Alternative forms
it Niccosia archaic
Proper noun
f
it capital city c/Cyprus and c/Northern Cyprus Nicosia
it Lefkosia<qq:Greek endonym> Lefkoşa<qq:Turkish endonym>
Etymology 2
it:+ (disambigua)#Persone
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Further reading
Nicosia
References
Anagrams
it aciinos acinosi cianosi
it exonyms
Latin
Etymology
la :der gkm:Λευκωσία 1
la gkm Λευκωσίᾱ. Doublet of la Leucōsia.
Pronunciation
Nī̆cōsia
Proper noun
Nī̆cōsia<1.loc>
Medieval Latin la-med capital city c/Cyprus and c/Northern Cyprus Nicosia
Declension
Nī̆cōsia<1.loc>
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor la-med:Nicosia fro:Nicosia<ety:der<gkm:Λευκωσία>>
From es la-med - and es fro Nicosia, from es gkm Λευκωσία, q.v. es Lefkosia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es capital city c/Cyprus and c/Northern Cyprus Nicosia
es Lefkosia<qq:Greek endonym>
es exonyms