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Cypriot

Cypriot

3 6.7
About Cyprus, its people and culture
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪprɪət/
translation icon : chipriota
  • The traditional dance festival showcased vibrant Cypriot music and costumes.
  • Greek Cypriot
  • Turkish Cypriot
  • Cypriot government

There are only locals here, and they serve Cypriot Turkish coffee.

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Examples

  • Thus, Cypriot modernity, according to tourists, is spurious, a second-rate version of the original.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Thus, we may ask: How similar were the Cypriot peasants of the 1920s to the British?

    Academic text (1996)
  • Moscow also gained full access to a Cypriot port.

    Academic text (2014)
  • There are only locals here, and they serve Cypriot Turkish coffee.

  • It is as if the Greek Cypriot world has come to an end.

  • Greece is the hub of Israeli and Cypriot gas exports to the rest of Europe.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The EU focused on increasing cooperation with the Turkish Cypriot community as a way to reunite the island before bringing it into the union.

    Academic text (2007)
  • On the sidewalk in front of all of them, a young smiling face, with broken English and Cypriot charm, tries to lure the tourists inside.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • In the same way that these donkeys are not Greek donkeys or Turkish donkeys, They're just Cypriot donkeys.

  • Other finds, such as a rock crystal bead, spindle whorls, and a type of fine Cypriot pottery used for cosmetics, indicated that the occupants most likely held elite positions.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

Cypriote
vsCypriot
  • UK
7.7

About Cyprus, its people or culture

means the same but is the more common modern form
Cyprian
vsCypriot
7.1

Relating to Cyprus, its people, or its culture

means the same but is the common modern everyday form

Compounds

Cypriot pound
  • Archaic
7.9

A unit of money that Cyprus used before 2008, worth 100 cents

Surface Forms

Cypriot positive

Morphology

Cypriot = Cyprus (transparent) = Cyprus + iot

The adjective/demonym is clearly formed from the place name 'Cyprus' with a demonym-forming ending; learners who know 'Cyprus' can readily infer 'Cypriot'.

Etymology

Cypriot comes from the island name Cyprus, which goes back to the Greek Kypros and was long known for the metal 'copper'. So Cypriot means 'from Cyprus' and is used for things connected with that island.