a town in SW Cyprus, near the sites of two ancient cities: famous as the centre of Aphrodite worship and traditionally the place at which she landed after her birth among the waves. Pop: 53 060 (2001)
Paphos in British English2
(ˈpeɪfɒs) or Paphus (ˈpeɪfəs)
noun
Greek mythology
the son of Pygmalion and Galatea, who succeeded his father on the throne of Cyprus
Paphos in American English
(ˈpeɪˌfɑs)
ancient city in SW Cyprus, founded by the Phoenicians