单词 | cypriot |
释义 | Cypriotadj.n. A. adj. Belonging to Cyprus. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Malta, Gozo, and Cyprus > [adjective] > Cyprus Cypriot1878 1878 Murray's Handbk. Trav. Turkey in Asia (ed. 4) 182/1 Androcles..was present in the Cypriote fleet which supported Alexander. 1920 W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli VI. 300 The occupation of Cyprus ensured the fair treatment of the Cypriot Greeks. 1920 Q. Rev. July 38 This Cypriote School, with its grand Græco-Oriental seriousness, had many ramifications, one of which, the Palyrene..lasted down to the third century a.d. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Cyprus; the Greek (ancient or modern) or the Turkish dialect of Cyprus. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Cyprus > [noun] Cypriota1597 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > Greek dialects > of Cyprus Cypriot1878 a1597 R. Wrag in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 309 I was credibly informed by a Cipriot a marchant of good wealth. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxix. 278 Take their names as I find them in the Catalogue of Stephen a Cypriot. 1750 Universal Mag. July 4/1 For a while he triumphed over the Tyrians, Sidonians, and Cypriots. 1797 R. Heron tr. G. Mariti in tr. C. Niebuhr et al. Coll. Voy. & Trav. 198 St. Spiridion, the Cypriot. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 261/2 Almost every house has a garden, of which the Cypriotes are very fond. 1878 Murray's Handbk. Trav. Turkey in Asia (ed. 4) 179/1 The Inscriptions found..in Cyprus are in three languages: 1. Cypriote. 1920 J. A. Robertson Hidden Rom. N.T. i. 20 The wealthy Cypriote Mnason, who entertained Paul. 1927 Times (Weekly ed.) 25 Aug. 208/3 The Cypriots in Egypt. 1955 Times 6 May 4/3 The House was entitled to know what progress had been made in the discussions with Cypriots about their constitutional future. 1998 Independent 10 Dec. i. 19/2 The Turkish Cypriots want a confederation of Cyprus recognising two states, including their own self-declared statelet in the north. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1597 |
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