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NICOSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nicosia mean?
• NICOSIA (noun)
The noun NICOSIA has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Cyprus
Familiarity information: NICOSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Cyprus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Cyprus; Nicosia
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Nicosia" is a part of...):
Cyprus; Republic of Cyprus (a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin)
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