CYPRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyprus mean? 

• CYPRUS (noun)
  The noun CYPRUS has 2 senses:

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

2. an island in the eastern Mediterranean

  Familiarity information: CYPRUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYPRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cyprus; Republic of Cyprus

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Cyprus"):

capital of Cyprus; Nicosia (the capital and largest city of Cyprus)

Domain member region:

enosis (the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots))

Holonyms ("Cyprus" is a part of...):

Cyprus (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)

Derivation:

Cyprian (of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island in the eastern Mediterranean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Cyprus"):

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

Meronyms (members of "Cyprus"):

Cyprian; Cypriot; Cypriote (a native or inhabitant of Cyprus)

Holonyms ("Cyprus" is a part of...):

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)

 Context examples 

A British Overseas Territory on the southeast coast of Cyprus.

(Dhekelia, NCI Thesaurus)

A British Overseas Territory comprising a peninsula on the southern coast of Cyprus.

(Akrotiri, NCI Thesaurus)

In fact, we see the exact opposite in countries like Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal and Iceland.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

“Nay, I spied nothing,” grumbled Sir Oliver, “for I was hurried down with a clam stuck in my gizzard and an untasted goblet of Cyprus on the board behind me.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)