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Nicosia.

The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˌnɪkoʊˈsiə/General-American/ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.

  2. The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. The Cypriot government.

    metonymically
  3. A district of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus around the city.

  4. A comune in Enna province, Sicily, Italy.

Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.

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