Meanings
- offensiveproscribedsometimesSynonym of Nicosia: the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus; a district around the city.
Synonyms: Nicosia
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Nicosia: the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus; a district around the city.
Origin
- Medieval GreekΛευκουσία
- GreekΛευκωσία
- EnglishLefkosia
From Greek Λευκωσία (Lefkosía), from a variant of Medieval Greek Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkoşa and Nicosia.
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Lefkosia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lefkosia
“Lefkosia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lefkosia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lefkosia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lefkosia.
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