Meanings
- An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Europe but geographically part of West Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.
It will continue to train soldiers preparing to be deployed or on deployments - such as units sent to Estonia, the Falklands or Cyprus.
2026 September 3, Jonathan Beale, André Rhoden-Paul, “British army told to stop non-essential training exercises to save money”, in BBC News, retrieved 03 Sep 2026 - A suburban area of Beckton, borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the Mediterranean island (OS grid ref TQ4380).
alternative obsolete cypres · alternative cypress
- historicaluncountablebusinessA thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape.
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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 131
Origin
- Ancient GreekΚύπρος
- LatinCyprus
- EnglishCyprus
From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).
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Afrikaans Siprus
- Siprusisland or country
Ancient Greek Κύπρος
- Κύπρος (Kúpros)island or country
Arabic قُبْرُص
- قُبْرُص (qubruṣ)island or country
Basque Zipre
- Zipreisland or country
Bengali সাইপ্রাস
- সাইপ্রাস (śaipraś)island or country
Bulgarian Ки́пър
- Ки́пър (Kípăr)island or country
Catalan Xipre
- Xipreisland or country
Chinese Cantonese 塞浦路斯
- 塞浦路斯 (coi³ pou² lou⁶ si¹)island or country
Chinese Mandarin 塞浦路斯
- 塞浦路斯 (Sàipǔlùsī)island or country
Czech Kypr
- Kyprisland or country
Danish Cypern
- Cypernisland or country
Dutch Cyprus
- Cyprusisland or country
Esperanto Kipro
- Kiproisland or country
Estonian Küpros
- Küprosisland or country
Finnish Kypros
- Kyprosisland or country
French Chypre
- Chypreisland or country
German Zypern
- Zypernisland or country
Greek Κύπρος
- Κύπρος (Kýpros)island or country
Hebrew קַפְרִיסִין
- קַפְרִיסִין (kafrisín)island or country
Hindi साइप्रस, क़िब्रिस
- साइप्रस (sāipras)island or country
- क़िब्रिस (qibris)island or country
- किब्रिस (kibris)island or country
Hungarian Ciprus
- Ciprusisland or country
Icelandic Kýpur
- Kýpurisland or country
Indonesian Siprus
- Siprusisland or country
Irish an Chipir
- an Chipirisland or country
Italian Cipro
- Ciproisland or country
Japanese キプロス
- キプロス (Kipurosu)island or country
Korean 키프로스, 끼쁘로스
- 키프로스 (Kipeuroseu)island or country
- 끼쁘로스 (Kkippeuroseu)island or country
Latin Cyprus
- Cyprusisland or country
Latvian Kipra
- Kipraisland or country
Lithuanian Kipras
- Kiprasisland or country
Malay Cyprus
- Cyprusisland or country
Māori Haipara, Kaiperu
- Haiparaisland or country
- Kaiperuisland or country
Norwegian Bokmål Kypros
- Kyprosisland or country
Polish Cypr
- Cyprisland or country
Portuguese Chipre
- Chipreisland or country
Romanian Cipru
- Cipruisland or country
Russian Кипр
- Кипр (Kipr)island or country
Scottish Gaelic Cìprus, Cìopras
- Cìprusisland or country
- Cìoprasisland or country
Slovak Cyprus
- Cyprusisland or country
Spanish Chipre
- Chipreisland or country
Swahili Kupro, Kuprosi
- Kuproisland or country
- Kuprosiisland or country
Swedish Cypern
- Cypernisland or country
Tagalog Tsipre
- Tsipreisland or country
Tamil சைப்பிரசு
- சைப்பிரசு (caippiracu)island or country
Thai ไซปรัส
- ไซปรัส (sai-bprás)island or country
Turkish Kıbrıs
- Kıbrısisland or country
Ukrainian Кіпр
- Кіпр (Kipr)island or country
Urdu قِبْرِص
- قِبْرِص (qibris)island or country
Vietnamese Síp
- Sípisland or country
Yiddish ציפּערן, ציפּרוס
- ציפּערן (tsipern)island or country
- ציפּרוס (tsiprus)island or country
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Cite this entry
Cyprus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cyprus
“Cyprus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cyprus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cyprus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cyprus.
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