name
Cyprus
SEYE-pruhs
name
1
An island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, divided between Greek and Turkish Cypriot administration; capital Nicosia.
"They spent their honeymoon on a beach in Cyprus."
noun
1
A thin, semi-transparent black fabric once used for mourning veils.
"Victorian widows sometimes wore veils made of cyprus."
How to Use Cyprus
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsually the Mediterranean island country; rarely, an old name for a thin black mourning fabric.
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Etymology
From Latin Cyprus, from Greek Kupros, the ancient name of the island — also the source of the word "copper," which the Romans mined there.