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Cyprus

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈsɑjpɹəs/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsɑe.pɹəs/
  • Scotland: /ˈsʌɪ.pɾəs/
  • Wales: /ˈsaɪ.pɾəs/
  • homophone: cypress
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 P R AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A suburban area of Beckton, borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the Mediterranean island (OS grid ref TQ4380).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, uncountable

Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an island in the eastern Mediterranean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: island

5

noun

Meaning 5

a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Republic of Cyprus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: country, state, land

History

Etymology

From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Across languages

Translations

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Кипр (Kʼipʼr) — island or country
  • Afrikaans: Siprus — island or country
  • Albanian: Qipro — island or country
  • Albanian: Qiproja — island or country
  • Amharic: ቆጵሮስ (ḳop̣ros) — island or country
  • Arabic: قُبْرُص (qubruṣ) — island or country
  • Arabic: قبرص (qubruṣ, gubruṣ) — island or country
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ (qupros) — island or country
  • Armenian: Կիպրոս (Kipros) — island or country
  • Old Armenian: Կիպրոս (Kipros) — island or country
  • Aromanian: Chipru — island or country
  • Aromanian: Chiprul — island or country
  • Aromanian: Chiprulu — island or country
  • Assamese: চাইপ্ৰাছ (saipras) — island or country
  • Asturian: Chipre — island or country
  • Asturian: Xipre — island or country
  • Azerbaijani: Kipr — island or country
  • Balinese: Siprus — island or country
  • Basque: Zipre — island or country
  • Belarusian: Кіпр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Bengali: সাইপ্রাস (śaipraś) — island or country
  • Betawi: Kibris — island or country
  • Betawi: Gibris — island or country
  • Betawi: Sipres — island or country
  • Breton: Kiprenez — island or country
  • Bulgarian: Ки́пър (Kípǎr) — island or country
  • Burmese: ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ် (hcuikpa.rapc) — island or country
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Ці́прус (Cíprus) — island or country
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Кіпр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Catalan: Xipre — island or country
  • Cherokee: ᏌᎢᏆᏍ (saiquas) — island or country
  • Cherokee: ᏌᏈ (saqui) — island or country
  • Chinese Cantonese: 塞浦路斯 (coi3 pou2 lou6 si1) — island or country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塞浦路斯 (Sàipǔlùsī) — island or country
  • Corsican: Cipru — island or country
  • Crimean Tatar: Qıbrız — island or country
  • Czech: Kypr — island or country
  • Danish: Cypern — island or country
  • Dutch: Cyprus — island or country
  • Esperanto: Kipro — island or country
  • Estonian: Küpros — island or country
  • Farefare: Kipro — island or country
  • Faroese: Kýpros — island or country
  • Finnish: Kypros — island or country
  • Franco-Provençal: Ch·ipre — island or country
  • French: Chypre — island or country
  • Middle French: Cyppre — island or country
  • Friulian: Cipri — island or country
  • Galician: Chipre — island or country
  • Georgian: კვიპროსი (ḳviṗrosi) — island or country
  • German: Zypern — island or country
  • Greek: Κύπρος (Kýpros) — island or country
  • Ancient Greek: Κύπρος (Kúpros) — island or country
  • Pontic Greek: Κύπρος (Kýpros) — island or country
  • Gujarati: કિબ્રિસ (kibris) — island or country
  • Hausa: Cyprus — island or country
  • Hebrew: קַפְרִיסִין (kafrisín) — island or country
  • Hindi: साइप्रस (sāipras) — island or country
  • Hindi: क़िब्रिस (qibris) — island or country
  • Hindi: किब्रिस (kibris) — island or country
  • Hungarian: Ciprus — island or country
  • Icelandic: Kýpur — island or country
  • Ido: Chipro — island or country
  • Indonesian: Siprus — island or country
  • Interlingua: Cypro — island or country
  • Irish: an Chipir — island or country
  • Italian: Cipro — island or country
  • Japanese: キプロス (Kipurosu) — island or country
  • Javanese: Siprus — island or country
  • Kalenjin: Saipras — island or country
  • Kamba: Saipras — island or country
  • Kannada: ಸಿಪ್ರಸ್ (sipras) — island or country
  • Kashubian: Cyper — island or country
  • Kazakh: Қыбрыс (Qybrys) — island or country
  • Khmer: ស៊ីប (siip) — island or country
  • Kikuyu: Saipras — island or country
  • Korean: 키프로스 (Kipeuroseu) — island or country
  • Korean: 끼쁘로스 (Kkippeuroseu) — island or country
  • Northern Kurdish: Qibris — island or country
  • Kyrgyz: Кипр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Lao: ຊີບ (sīp) — island or country
  • Latin: Cyprus — island or country
  • Latvian: Kipra — island or country
  • Lithuanian: Kipras — island or country
  • Luhya: Saipras — island or country
  • Luo: Saipras — island or country
  • Macedonian: Кипар (Kipar) — island or country
  • Malay: Cyprus — island or country
  • Malayalam: സൈപ്രസ് (saiprasŭ) — island or country
  • Maltese: Ċipru — island or country
  • Māori: Haipara — island or country
  • Māori: Kaiperu — island or country
  • Marathi: किब्रिस (kibris) — island or country
  • Marathi: सायप्रस (sāyapras) — island or country
  • Meru: Saipras — island or country
  • Mongolian: Кипр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah — island or country
  • Norman: Chypre — island or country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kypros — island or country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kypros — island or country
  • Occitan: Chipre — island or country
  • Occitan: Cipre — island or country
  • Odia: ସାଇପ୍ରସ (sāiprasa) — island or country
  • Church Slavic: Кѷпръ (Küprŭ) — island or country
  • Old Norse: Kípr — island or country
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Кипар (Kipar) — island or country
  • Pashto: قبرس (qebres) — island or country
  • Dari: قِبْرِس (qibris) — island or country
  • Iranian Persian: قِبْرِس (ġebres) — island or country
  • Phoenician: 𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 — island or country
  • Polish: Cypr — island or country
  • Portuguese: Chipre — island or country
  • Rarotongan: Kuro — island or country
  • Romanian: Cipru — island or country
  • Romansh: Cipra — island or country
  • Russian: Кипр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Northern Sami: Kypros — island or country
  • Sardinian: Tzipru — island or country
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cìprus — island or country
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cìopras — island or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ки̏пар — island or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ци̏пар — island or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kȉpar — island or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cȉpar — island or country
  • Silesian: Cypr — island or country
  • Silesian: Cyper — island or country
  • Sinhalese: සයිප්රස් (sayipras) — island or country
  • Slovak: Cyprus — island or country
  • Slovene: Cíper — island or country
  • Lower Sorbian: Cypern — island or country
  • Upper Sorbian: Cypernska — island or country
  • Spanish: Chipre — island or country
  • Sundanese: Siprus — island or country
  • Swahili: Kupro — island or country
  • Swahili: Kuprosi — island or country
  • Swedish: Cypern — island or country
  • Tagalog: Tsipre — island or country
  • Tajik: Қибрис (Qibris) — island or country
  • Tajik: Кипр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Tamil: சைப்பிரசு (caippiracu) — island or country
  • Tatar: Кипр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Telugu: సైప్రస్ (saipras) — island or country
  • Telugu: కుప్ర (kupra) — island or country
  • Thai: ไซปรัส (sai-bprás) — island or country
  • Tibetan: སེ་པི་རི་སི (se pi ri si) — island or country
  • Tigrinya: ቆጵሮስ (ḳop̣ros) — island or country
  • Turkish: Kıbrıs — island or country
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبرس (Kıbrıs, Kıbrız) — island or country
  • Turkmen: Kipr — island or country
  • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 (ảlṯy) — island or country
  • Ukrainian: Кіпр (Kipr) — island or country
  • Urdu: قِبْرِص (qibris) — island or country
  • Uyghur: سىپرۇس (siprus) — island or country
  • Uzbek: Kipr — island or country
  • Vietnamese: Síp — island or country
  • Volapük: Sipreän — island or country
  • Võro: Küprüs — island or country
  • Yiddish: ציפּערן (tsipern) — island or country
  • Yiddish: ציפּרוס (tsiprus) — island or country
  • Yoruba: Kípírọ́sì — island or country
  • Yoruba: Kípírù — island or country
Real reading context

Cyprus in complete knowledge articles