Associations to the word «Cyprus»

Pictures for the word «Cyprus»

Wiktionary

CYPRUS, proper noun. Country between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea. Member state of the European Union since 2004. Official name: Republic of Cyprus.
CYPRUS, proper noun. Island between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea.
CYPRUS CEDAR, noun. Cedrus brevifolia, a conifer native to central Cyprus.

Dictionary definition

CYPRUS, noun. A country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin.
CYPRUS, noun. An island in the eastern Mediterranean.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats