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REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Cyprus mean?
• REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS (noun)
The noun REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS has 1 sense:
1. a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 "Republic 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 ("Republic of Cyprus" is a part of...):
Cyprus (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)
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