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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (translit; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705.
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AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοια Λευκωσίας; Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nicosia.
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
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Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes (1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960.
Adonis
In Greek mythology, Adonis was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone.
AEK Larnaca FC
AEK Larnaca FC (translit, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca.
AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou (translation) is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team.
AEL Limassol B.C.
AEL Limassol Basketball Club (lit), also known as PAYABL EKA AEL for sponsorship reasons and commonly referred to as AEL, is the basketball team of the AEL multi-sport club, based in Limassol, Cyprus.
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Aetokremnos
Aetokremnos is a rock shelter near Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus.
Aimery of Cyprus
Aimery of Lusignan (Aimericus,, Amorí; before 11551 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalric or Amaury in earlier scholarship, was the first King of Cyprus, reigning from 1196 to his death.
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Akritas plan
The Akritas plan (Σχέδιο Ακρίτας), was an inside document of the Greek Cypriot secret organisation of EOK (mostly known as Akritas organisation) that was authored in 1963 and was revealed to the public in 1966.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. Cyprus and Akrotiri and Dhekelia are states and territories established in 1960.
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Alashiya
Alashiya (𒀀𒆷𒅆𒅀 Alašiya; 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 ẢLṮY; Linear B: 𐀀𐀨𐀯𐀍 Alasios; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a state which existed in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
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Alkinoos Ioannidis
Alkinoos Ioannidis (Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης; born 19 September 1969) is a Greek Cypriot composer, lyricist, singer, and orchestrator.
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Alphamega Stadium
The Alphamega Stadium, also known as Limassol Stadium for UEFA competitions, is a football stadium in Kolossi, Limassol District, Cyprus, and the home ground of the 3 biggest clubs of Limassol Apollon, AEL and Aris.
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Altheides
Altheides (1193–1262) was a Cypriot philosopher, primarily known from sayings attributed to him in the works of others.
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters (sometimes referred to as the Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets, and cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna") are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru, or neighboring kingdom leaders, during the New Kingdom, spanning a period of no more than thirty years in the middle 14th century BC.
Ambelopoulia
Ambelopoulia (αμπελοπούλια) is a controversial dish of grilled, fried, pickled or boiled songbirds which is a traditional dish enjoyed by native Cypriots and served in some Cypriot restaurants.
American Society of Overseas Research
The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), founded in 1900 as the American School of Oriental Study and Research in Palestine, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Alexandria, Virginia, which supports the research and teaching of the history and cultures of the Near East and Middle Eastern countries.
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Ammochostos Stadium
Ammochostos Stadium (Γήπεδο 'Αμμόχωστος') is a multi-purpose stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus.
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Amphoterus (admiral)
Amphoterus (Greek: Ἀμφοτερός) the brother of Craterus, was appointed by Alexander the Great to be his commander of the fleet in the Hellespont in 333 BC.
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Anamur
Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Anatolian Sub-Plate
The Anatolian Sub-Plate is a continental tectonic plate that is separated from the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate by the North Anatolian Fault and the East Anatolian Fault respectively.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Ancient regions of Anatolia
The following is a list of regions of Ancient Anatolia, also known as "Asia Minor," in the present day Anatolia region of Turkey in Western Asia.
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Andreas G. Orphanides
Andreas G. Orphanides (italic) is a Cypriot professor and university administrator.
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Ankara
Ankara, historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, but first by the urban area (4,130 km2).
Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi (Άννα Βίσση,,; born 20 December 1957) is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter.
Annan Plan
The Annan Plan, also known as the Cyprus reunification plan, was a United Nations proposal to resolve the Cyprus dispute.
Annita Demetriou
Annita Demetriou (Greek: Αννίτα Δημητρίου; born 18 October 1985) is a Greek-Cypriot politician, who serves as President of the Cypriot House of Representatives since June 2021, and as the President of the Democratic Rally (DISY) since March 2023.
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Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta (translit), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.
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Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
The Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium (Στάδιο «Αντώνης Παπαδόπουλος») is a football stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus.
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Aphrodite
Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Aphrodite gas field
Aphrodite gas field is an offshore gas field off the southern coast of Cyprus located at the exploratory drilling block 12 in the country's maritime Exclusive Economic Zone and bordering the Yishai gas field, located in Israeli territorial waters.
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APOEL FC
APOEL FC (ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Apollon Limassol B.C.
Apollon Limassol Basketball Club (Καλαθοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Απόλλων Λεμεσού), is a Cypriot basketball club.
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Apollon Limassol FC
Apollon Limassol FC (Απόλλων Λεμεσού, Apollon Lemesou) is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol.
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Arabic music
Arabic music (al-mūsīqā al-ʿarabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres.
Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
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Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.
Arestís Stasí
Arestís Stasí (1940–2013; né Aristides Anastassiades, also known as il Cipriota) was a Cypriot-born painter, mosaicist, sculptor, and art restorer.
Aris Limassol FC
Aris Limassol (Greek: Άρης Λεμεσού) is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association.
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Armenian Apostolic Church
The Armenian Apostolic Church (translit) is the national church of Armenia.
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Armenian Cypriots
Armenian Cypriots (translit; translit; Kıbrıs Ermenileri) are the ethnic Armenian population native to Cyprus.
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Armenian language
Armenian (endonym) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family.
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Armenian religion in Cyprus
Like most communities of the Armenian Diaspora, the Armenian-Cypriot community is predominantly Armenian Apostolic (about 95%).
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Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)
The Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) is the parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Athens News
Athens News was an English-language newspaper published in Greece.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Cyprus and Australia are member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and member states of the United Nations.
Australia Group
The Australia Group is a multilateral export control regime (MECR) and an informal group of countries (now joined by the European Commission) established in 1985 (after the use of chemical weapons by Iraq in 1984) to help member countries to identify those exports which need to be controlled so as not to contribute to the spread of chemical and biological weapons.
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Ayia Napa
Ayia Napa (Άγια Νάπα Aya Napa), officially romanised Agia Napa, is a tourist resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus.
Ayios Nikolaos, SBA
Ayios Nikolaos is a village and present British garrison located in the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Dhekelia Cantonment on Cyprus.
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Éntekhno
Éntekhno (έντεχνο,, pl: éntekhna) is orchestral music with elements from Greek folk rhythm and melody.
Özker Yaşın
Özker Yaşın (1932–2011) was a Turkish Cypriot poet, author and journalist.
İsmet Güney
İsmet Vahid Güney (15 July 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter.
Bailout
A bailout is the provision of financial help to a corporation or country which otherwise would be on the brink of bankruptcy.
Bank of Cyprus
The Bank of Cyprus (BoC; Τράπεζα Κύπρου; Kıbrıs Bankası) is a Cypriot financial services company established in 1899 with its headquarters in Strovolos.
Bayrak
Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (Bayrak Radyo Televizyon Kurumu; BRT, Bayrak means flag or banner in Turkish), is the official radio and television broadcasting corporation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bembo
Bembo is a serif typeface created by the British branch of the Monotype Corporation in 1928–1929 and most commonly used for body text.
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Bitter Lemons
Bitter Lemons is an autobiographical work by writer Lawrence Durrell, describing the three years (1953–1956) he spent on the island of Cyprus.
Bloody Christmas (1963)
Bloody Christmas (Kanlı Noel), in Turkish Cypriot and Turkish historiography, refers to the resumption of intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots during the Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, on the night of 20–21 December 1963 and the subsequent period of island-wide violence amounting to civil war.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Buffer zone
A buffer zone is a neutral zonal area that lies between two or more bodies of land, usually pertaining to countries.
Bulgur
Bulgur (bulgur;; groats), or burghul (burġul), is a cracked wheat foodstuff found in South Asian cuisine and West Asian cuisine.
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Cyprus and Canada are member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and member states of the United Nations.
Carnival
Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Catherine Cornaro
Catherine Cornaro (Catarina Corner; Caterina Cornaro or Corner; Aikateríni Kornáro; 25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia.
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Catholic Church in Cyprus
The Catholic Church in Cyprus is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
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Cedrus brevifolia
Cedrus brevifolia, the Cyprus cedar, is a species of conifer in the genus Cedrus.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Central Powers
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires,Mittelmächte; Központi hatalmak; İttıfâq Devletleri, Bağlaşma Devletleri; translit were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918).
Centrism
Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum.
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper.
Chigi vase
The Chigi vase is a Proto-Corinthian olpe, or pitcher, that is the name vase of the Chigi Painter.
Chris Achilléos
Christos "Chris" Achilléos (26 August 1947 – 6 December 2021) was a Cypriot-born British painter and illustrator who specialised in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christopher Papamichalopoulos
Christopher Papamichalopoulos (Χριστόφορος Παπαμιχαλόπουλος; born April 5, 1988) is an alpine skier from Cyprus.
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Church of Cyprus
The Church of Cyprus (translit) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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Churchkhela
Churchkhela (ჩურჩხელა) is a traditional Georgian candle-shaped candy.
Cinyras
In Greek mythology, Cinyras (Κινύρας – Kinyras) was a famous hero and king of Cyprus.
Classical Latin
Classical Latin is the form of Literary Latin recognized as a literary standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire.
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Colony
A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule.
Combined arms
Combined arms is an approach to warfare that seeks to integrate different combat arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects—for example, using infantry and armour in an urban environment in which each supports the other.
Common Foreign and Security Policy
The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) is the organised, agreed foreign policy of the European Union (EU) for mainly security and defence diplomacy and actions.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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Conceptual art
Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work are prioritized equally to or more than traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns.
Congress of Berlin
The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a diplomatic conference to reorganise the states in the Balkan Peninsula after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), which had been won by Russia against the Ottoman Empire.
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Constantine I of Greece
Constantine I (Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, Konstantínos I; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922.
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Constantine II of Greece
Constantine II (Konstantínos II,; 2 June 1940 – 10 January 2023) was the last king of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Costas Montis
Costas Montis (Greek: Κώστας Μόντης; 18 February 1914 – 1 March 2004) was an influential and prolific Cypriot poet, novelist, and playwright.
Costas Philippou
Constantinos Philippou born November 29, 1979) is a retired Cypriot mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the UFC's Middleweight division.
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Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
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Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers is a traditional name given to the supreme executive organ in some governments.
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Cretan Muslims
The Cretan Muslims or Cretan Turks (Τουρκοκρητικοί or Τουρκοκρήτες, Tourkokritikí or Tourkokrítes; Giritli, Girit Türkleri, or Giritli Türkler; أتراك كريت) were the Muslim inhabitants of the island of Crete.
Cretan State
The Cretan State (Kritiki Politeia; Girid Devleti) was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia) on the island of Crete. Cyprus and Cretan State are island countries.
Crown colony
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.
Cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.
Crypto-Christianity
Crypto-Christianity is the secret adherence to Christianity, while publicly professing to be another faith; people who practice crypto-Christianity are referred to as "crypto-Christians".
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Cupressus
Cupressus is one of several genera of evergreen conifers within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress.
Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean cypress (also known as Italian cypress, Tuscan cypress, Persian cypress, or pencil pine), is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Iran.
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Cypria
The Cypria (Κύπρια Kúpria; Latin: Cypria) is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature, which has been attributed to Stasinus and was quite well known in classical antiquity and fixed in a received text, but which subsequently was lost to view.
Cyprian (disambiguation)
Cyprian (c. 200–258) was bishop of Carthage and a notable Early Christian writer and saint.
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Cyprien Katsaris
Cyprien Katsaris (Κυπριανός Κατσαρής; born 5 May 1951) is a French-Cypriot virtuoso pianist, teacher and composer.
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Cypriot
Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus.
Cypriot Arabic
Cypriot Arabic (العربية القبرصية), also known as Cypriot Maronite Arabic or Sanna is a moribund variety of Arabic spoken by the Maronite community of Cyprus.
Cypriot Greek
Cypriot Greek (κυπριακή ελληνική or κυπριακά) is the variety of Modern Greek that is spoken by the majority of the Cypriot populace and Greek Cypriot diaspora.
Cypriot intercommunal violence
Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus.
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Cypriot mouse
The Cypriot mouse (Mus cypriacus) is a species of mouse endemic to Cyprus.
Cypriot National Guard
The National Guard of Cyprus (Εθνική Φρουρά), also known as the Greek Cypriot National Guard or simply National Guard, is the military force of the Republic of Cyprus.
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Cypriot pound
The pound, or lira (λίρα, plural λίρες, and lira, لیره, from the Latin libra via the Italian lira; sign: £, sometimes £C for distinction), was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, from 1879 to 2007, when the Republic of Cyprus adopted the euro.
Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus
The Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus (Hippopotamus minor or Phanourios minor) is an extinct species of dwarf hippopotamus that inhabited the island of Cyprus from the Pleistocene until the early Holocene.
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Cypriot refugees
Cypriot refugees are the Cypriot nationals or Cyprus residents who had their main residence (as opposed to merely owning property) in an area forcibly evacuated during the Cyprus conflict.
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Cypriot Turkish
Cypriot Turkish (Kıbrıs Türkçesi) is a dialect of the Turkish language spoken by Turkish Cypriots both in Cyprus and among its diaspora.
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Cyprus and the Non-Aligned Movement
The Mediterranean island country of Cyprus was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement with Makarios III attending the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia in 1961, just one year after the Cypriot independence.
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Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Cyprus sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held between 12–28 February 2010.
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Cyprus Automobile Association
The Cyprus Automobile Association (Cyprus AA or CAA; Greek: Κυπριακός Σύνδεσμος Αυτοκινήτου) (Kıbrıs Otomobil Federasyonu (KOF)) is a non-profit organization governed by an elected council.
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Cyprus Basketball Federation
The Cyprus Basketball Federation (CBF) (Greek: Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Καλαθοοσφαίρισης (ΚΟΚ)) is the governing body for basketball on the island of Cyprus and is a division of the Cyprus Sport Organisation (ΚΟΑ-Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Αθλητισμού).
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Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Radiofonikó Ídryma Kýprou; Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu), or CyBC (RIK; KRYK), is Cyprus' public broadcasting service.
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Cyprus College of Art
The Cyprus College of Art (CyCA) is an artists' studio group, located in the village of Lempa on the west coast of Cyprus.
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Cyprus Confidential
Cyprus Confidential is a journalism project investigating financial services in Cyprus and their role in allowing avoidance of international sanctions, and implementation of Russian state goals.
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Cyprus Convention
The Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878 was a secret agreement reached between Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire which granted administrative control of Cyprus to Britain (see British Cyprus), in exchange for its support of the Ottomans during the Congress of Berlin.
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Cyprus Cricket Association
The Cyprus Cricket Association (CCA) (Greek: Σύνδεσμος Κρίκετ Κύπρου) (Kıbrıs Kriket Federasyonu) is the governing body of cricket in Cyprus.
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Cyprus Emergency
The Cyprus Emergency was an ethnic conflict fought in British Cyprus between April 1955 and March 1959.
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Cyprus Football Association
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) (Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia.
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Cyprus in the European Union
Cyprus became a full member of the European Union in 2004.
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Cyprus in the Middle Ages
The Medieval history of Cyprus starts with the division of the Roman Empire into an Eastern and Western half.
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Cyprus Mediterranean forests
The Cyprus Mediterranean forests is a terrestrial ecoregion that encompasses the island of Cyprus.
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Cyprus national rugby union team
The Cyprus national rugby union team is nicknamed ‘’The Mighty Mouflons’’ after a kind of horned sheep which is also the republic's national animal.
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Cyprus Police
The Cyprus Police (Αστυνομία Κύπρου, Kıbrıs Polis), is the national police service of the Republic of Cyprus, falling under the Ministry of Justice and Public Order since 1993.
Cyprus Popular Bank
Cyprus Popular Bank (from 2006 to 2011 known as Marfin Popular Bank (MPB)) was the second-largest banking group in Cyprus behind the Bank of Cyprus until it was 'shuttered' in March 2013 and split into two parts.
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Cyprus problem
The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot community which runs the Republic of Cyprus (de facto only comprising the south of the island since the events of 1974) and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island, where troops of the Republic of Turkey are deployed.
Cyprus Regiment
The Cyprus Regiment was a military unit of the British Army.
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Cyprus Rugby Federation
The Cyprus Rugby Federation (CRF) (Greek: Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ράγκμπι, Κ.Ο.ΡΑ) (Kıbrıs Ragbi Federasyonu (KRF)) the governing body for rugby union in Cyprus.
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Cyprus Volleyball Federation
Cyprus Volleyball Federation (CVF) (Greek: Kυπριακή Oμοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης, Κ.Ο.ΠΕ) (Kıbrıs Voleybol Federasyonu (KVF)) is the governing body of volleyball in Cyprus.
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Cyprus–Turkey maritime zones dispute
The Republic of Cyprus (Cyprus) and Turkey have been engaged in a dispute over the extent of their exclusive economic zones (EEZ), ostensibly sparked by oil and gas exploration in the area.
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Cyta
Cyta is a semi-governmental company incorporated by law, it is the leading provider of integrated electronic communications in Cyprus.
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De jure
In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.
Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
The declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) from the Republic of Cyprus by the Turkish Cypriot parliament on 15 November 1983.
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Demetris Christofias
Demetris Christofias (Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας; 29 August 1946 – 21 June 2019) was a Cypriot politician, who served President of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013.
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Democratic Party (Cyprus)
The Democratic Party (Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ), Dimokratikó Kómma (DIKO)) is a Greek-Cypriot nationalist, centrist political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou.
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Democratic Rally
The Democratic Rally (translit, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a Christian democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Cyprus led by Annita Demetriou.
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Demographics of Cyprus
The people of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, who share many cultural traits but maintain distinct identities based on ethnicity, religion, language, and close ties with Greece and Turkey respectively.
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Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
Deposit insurance
Deposit insurance or deposit protection is a measure implemented in many countries to protect bank depositors, in full or in part, from losses caused by a bank's inability to pay its debts when due.
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Desalination
Desalination is a process that removes mineral components from saline water.
Dhekelia Power Station
Dhekelia Power Station is one of three power plants belonging to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus.
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Dimitrios Ioannidis
Dimitrios Ioannidis (Δημήτριος Ιωαννίδης; 13 March 1923 – 16 August 2010), also known as Dimitris Ioannidis and as The Invisible Dictator, was a Greek military officer and one of the leading figures in the junta that ruled the country from 1967 to 1974.
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Dimitris Lipertis
Dimitris Theophani Lipertis (1866–1937) was a Greek Cypriot poet.
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Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (Δωδεκάνησα, Dodekánisa,; On iki Ada) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Turkey's Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited.
Domestication of the cat
The domestic cat originated from Near-Eastern and Egyptian populations of the African wildcat, Felis sylvestris lybica.
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Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.
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Duff Cooper Prize
The Duff Cooper Prize (currently known as the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize) is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of history, biography, political science or occasionally poetry, published in English or French.
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Ease of doing business index
The ease of doing business index was an index created jointly by Simeon Djankov, Michael Klein, and Caralee McLiesh, three leading economists at the World Bank Group, following the release of World Development Report 2002.
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Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern Mediterranean
Eastern Mediterranean is a loose definition of the eastern approximate half, or third, of the Mediterranean Sea, often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
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EDEK Socialist Party
The EDEK Socialist Party (translit, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot nationalist, social-democratic political party in Cyprus.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia. Cyprus and Egypt are countries in Asia, eastern Mediterranean, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, middle Eastern countries and west Asian countries.
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Electricity Authority of Cyprus
The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) (Greek: Αρχή Ηλεκτρισμού Κύπρου(ΑΗΚ)) was founded in 1952 by the British colonial government.
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Empire
An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries".
Enclave and exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Enosis
Enosis (Ένωσις,, "union") is the movement of various Greek communities that live outside Greece for incorporation of the regions that they inhabit into the Greek state.
EOKA
The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA; lit) was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought a campaign for the end of British rule in Cyprus, and for eventual union with Greece.
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EOKA B
EOKA-B or Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston B (EOKA B; lit) was a Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisation formed in 1971 by General Georgios Grivas ("Digenis").
Epic poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
Ercan International Airport
Ercan International Airport (Ercan Uluslararası Havalimanı Αεροδρόμιο Τύμπου) is the primary civilian airport of the unrecognised de facto state of Northern Cyprus.
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Eteocypriot language
Eteocypriot is an extinct non-Indo-European language that was spoken in Cyprus by a non-Hellenic population during the Iron Age.
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Eurimages
Eurimages is a cultural support fund of the Council of Europe, established in.
Euro
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.
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Euro sign
The euro sign is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro.
Eurobarometer
Eurobarometer is a series of public opinion surveys conducted regularly on behalf of the European Commission and other EU institutions since 1973.
Eurogroup
The Eurogroup is the recognised collective term for the informal meetings of the finance ministers of the eurozone—those member states of the European Union (EU) which have adopted the euro as their official currency.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD; French: Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement, BERD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991.
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European Central Bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central component of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) as well as one of seven institutions of the European Union.
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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European debt crisis
The European debt crisis, often also referred to as the eurozone crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis, was a multi-year debt crisis that took place in the European Union (EU) from 2009 until the mid to late 2010s.
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European Golden Shoe
The European Golden Shoe, also known as European Golden Boot, is an award that is presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of a European national league.
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European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states.
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European seabass
The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), also known as the branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or loup de mer, is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the summer months and late autumn.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Eurozone
The euro area, commonly called the eurozone (EZ), is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender, and have thus fully implemented EMU policies.
Evridiki
Evridiki Theokleous (Ευρυδίκη Θεοκλέους,; born 25 February 1968), known mononymously as Evridiki, is a Greek Cypriot singer.
Exclusive economic zone
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
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Famagusta
Famagusta, also known by several other names, is a city on the east coast of the de facto state Northern Cyprus.
Famagusta District
Famagusta District (Eparchia Ammochostu; Mağusa kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus.
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Fazıl Küçük
Fazıl Küçük (Φαζίλ Κιουτσούκ; 14 March 1906 – 15 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot politician and a medical doctor who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus.
Federal Research Division
The Federal Research Division (FRD) is the research and analysis unit of the United States Library of Congress.
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Feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.
Fipple
The term fipple specifies a variety of end-blown flute that includes the flageolet, recorder, and tin whistle.
Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings Inc. is an American credit rating agency and is one of the "Big Three credit rating agencies", the other two being Moody's and Standard & Poor's. It is one of the three nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975.
Florio Bustron
Florio Bustron (1500s - post-1568, perhaps 9 September 1570), was a 16th century administrator, jurist and historian.
Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.
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Forest Landscape Integrity Index
The Forest Landscape Integrity Index (FLII) is an annual global index of forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification.
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France 24
France 24 (vingt-quatre in French) is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.
Frederick University
Frederick University is a private university in the Republic of Cyprus.
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Freedom House
Freedom House is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is best known for political advocacy surrounding issues of democracy, political freedom, and human rights.
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
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Freedom of the press
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.
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French Gothic architecture
French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Geneva
Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.
Geneva Conventions
language.
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Geopolitics
Geopolitics is the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations.
Georgios Boustronios
Georgios Boustronios (Greek: Τζώρτζης Μπουστρούς, hellenised as Γεώργιος Βουστρώνιος; c. 1435/40 - after 1501) was a 15th century Cypriot royal official and chronicler possibly of Syrian origin.
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Georgios Papandreou
Georgios Papandreou (Geórgios Papandréou; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Geroskipou
Geroskipou (Γεροσκήπου; Yeroşibu) is a coastal village in Cyprus, east of Paphos.
Glafcos Clerides
Glafcos Ioannou Clerides (Γλαύκος ΙωάννουΚληρίδης; 24 April 1919 – 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot statesman, who served as President of Cyprus in 1974 and from 1993 to 2003.
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GP3 Series
The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel.
Great Sea Interconnector
The Great Sea Interconnector, formerly known as the EuroAsia Interconnector is a planned HVDC interconnector between the Greek, Cypriot, and Israeli power grids via the world's longest submarine power cable, with a length of from Israel to Cyprus and from Cyprus to Greece for a total of.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Cyprus and Greece are countries and territories where Greek is an official language, countries in Europe, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean and member states of the United Nations.
Greece–Turkey relations
Relations between Greece and Turkey began in the 1830s following Greece's formation after its declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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Greek Cypriot diaspora
The Greek-Cypriot diaspora refers to the Greek Cypriot population of Cyprus, or people who are of Greek Cypriot origins, who live abroad because of either economic reasons, or were part of the Greek population that was uprooted from their homes in Northern Cyprus by the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus when the island was divided, into the Greek-Cypriot controlled southern two-thirds and the Turkish-controlled northern one-third in 1974.
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Greek Cypriots
Greek Cypriots (Ellinokýprioi, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community.
Greek government-debt crisis
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
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Greek junta
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829.
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GSP Stadium
The GCP Stadium (Στάδιο ΓΣΠ.) is a football stadium in Strovolos, Nicosia District, Cyprus.
GSZ Stadium
GCZ Stadium or Gymnastic Club Zenon Stadium (Γ.Σ.Ζ.) is a multi-purpose stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Guy of Lusignan
Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was a French Poitevin knight who reigned as the king of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 by right of marriage to Sibylla, and King of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194.
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Haircut (finance)
In finance, a haircut is the difference between the current market value of an asset and the value ascribed to that asset for purposes of calculating regulatory capital or loan collateral.
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Hala Sultan Tekke
Hala Sultan Tekke (Τεκές Χαλά Σουλτάνας Tekés Chalá Soultánas; Hala Sultan Tekkesi) is a mosque and takya (or tekke in Turkish) on the west bank of Larnaca Salt Lake, in Larnaca, Cyprus.
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Halloumi
Halloumi or haloumi is a cheese that is thought to have originated from Cyprus, though some contest that it originated in Egypt.
Haplogroup A (Y-DNA)
Haplogroup A is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, which includes all living human Y chromosomes.
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Haplogroup E-M215
E-M215 or E1b1b, formerly known as E3b, is a major human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.
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Haplogroup F-M89
Haplogroup F, also known as F-M89 and previously as Haplogroup FT, is a very common Y-chromosome haplogroup.
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Haplogroup I-M170
Haplogroup I (M170) is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.
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Haplogroup J (Y-DNA)
Haplogroup J-M304, also known as J,ISOGG (2 February 2016).
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Haplogroup K-M9
Haplogroup K or K-M9 is a genetic lineage within human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.
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Haplogroup R1
Haplogroup R1, or R-M173, is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.
Harbor
A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.
Hürriyet Daily News
The Hürriyet Daily News, formerly Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review and Turkish Daily News, is the oldest current English-language daily in Turkey, founded in 1961.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Helena Palaiologina
Helena Palaiologina (Ἑλένη Παλαιολογίνα; 3 February 1428 – 11 April 1458) was a Byzantine princess of the Palaiologos family, who became Queen of Cyprus and Armenia, titular Queen consort of Jerusalem, and Princess of Antioch through her marriage to King John II of Cyprus and Armenia.
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Helene Black
Helene Black is a Cypriot-born Australian artist and curator, working with various media.
Hellenic Bank
Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd (Ελληνική Τράπεζα Δημόσια Εταιρία Λτδ; CSE: HB) is a bank in Cyprus.
Hellenistic period
In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.
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Hellenization
Hellenization (also spelled Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks.
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VI (German: Heinrich VI.; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death.
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High-voltage direct current
A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating current (AC) transmission systems.
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High-yield debt
In finance, a high-yield bond (non-investment-grade bond, speculative-grade bond, or junk bond) is a bond that is rated below investment grade by credit rating agencies.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
History of the Jews in Cyprus
The history of the Jews in Cyprus dates back at least to the 2nd century BCE, when a considerable number of Jews in Cyprus was first recorded.
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House of Lusignan
The House of Lusignan was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the Middle Ages.
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House of Representatives (Cyprus)
The House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων; Temsilciler Meclisi) is the national unicameral legislature of the Republic of Cyprus.
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Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup
In human genetics, a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by mutations in the non-recombining portions of DNA from the male-specific Y chromosome (called Y-DNA).
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Hymn to Liberty
The "Hymn to Liberty", or "Hymn to Freedom" (Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν), is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and it is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus.
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I.B. Tauris
I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
Ibn al-'Awwam
Ibn al-'Awwam (ابن العوام), also called Abu Zakariya Ibn al-Awwam (أبو زكريا بن العوام), was a Al-Andalus agriculturist who flourished at Seville (modern-day southern Spain) in the later 12th century.
Ibn al-Baytar
Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (1197–1248 AD) was an Andalusian Arab physician, botanist, pharmacist and scientist.
Icon
An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches.
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Independence Day (Cyprus)
The Independence Day of Cyprus (Ημέρα Ανεξαρτησίας της Κύπρου) is a national holiday observed by The Republic of Cyprus on 1 October every year.
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Index of Cyprus-related articles
This page list topics related to Cyprus.
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Intangible cultural heritage
An intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.
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Inter-Parliamentary Union
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members; other initiatives include advancing gender parity among legislatures, empowering youth participation in politics, and sustainable development.
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International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States; it is the lending arm of World Bank Group.
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International Chamber of Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: Chambre de commerce internationale) is the largest, most representative business organization in the world.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
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International community
The international community is a term used in geopolitics and international relations to refer to a broad group of people and governments of the world.
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International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Inc. (ICIJ), is an independent global network of 280 investigative journalists and over 140 media organizations spanning more than 100 countries.
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International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS; Conseil international des monuments et des sites) is a professional association that works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places around the world.
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International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.
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International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group (ICG; also known as the Crisis Group) is a global non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 1995.
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International Development Association
The International Development Association (IDA) (Association internationale de développement) is a development finance institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries.
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International dollar
The international dollar (int'l dollar or intl dollar, symbols Int'l$., Intl$., Int$), also known as Geary–Khamis dollar (symbols G–K$ or GK$), is a hypothetical unit of currency that has the same purchasing power parity that the U.S. dollar had in the United States at a given point in time.
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International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries.
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International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries.
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International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France, for international English-speaking readers.
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International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (French: Organisation hydrographique internationale) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography.
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International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards.
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International Meteorological Organization
The International Meteorological Organization (IMO; 1873–1951) was the first organization formed with the purpose of exchanging weather information among the countries of the world.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations related organization working in the field of migration.
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International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.
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International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the world's largest trade union federation.
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Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol (stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας; February 1776 –27 September 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century Europe.
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Ioannis Kigalas
Ioannis Kigalas (Ιωάννης Κιγάλας), (Giovanni Cigala, Cicala), (Joannes Cigala) was a Greek Cypriot scholar and professor of Philosophy and Logic who was largely active in Padua and Venice in the 17th-century Italian Renaissance.
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Ionia
Ionia was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia, to the south of present-day İzmir, Turkey.
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Ionian Revolt
The Ionian Revolt, and associated revolts in Aeolis, Doris, Cyprus and Caria, were military rebellions by several Greek regions of Asia Minor against Persian rule, lasting from 499 BC to 493 BC.
Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus
Isaac Doukas Komnenos (or Ducas Comnenus, c. 1155 – 1195/1196) was a claimant to the Byzantine Empire and the ruler of Cyprus from 1185 to 1191.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Island country
An island country, island state, or island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Cyprus and island country are island countries.
Jacopo Sannazaro
Jacopo Sannazaro (28 July 1458 – 6 August 1530) was an Italian poet, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples.
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James II of Cyprus
James II (Jacques; /1439 or c. 1440 – 10 July 1473) was the penultimate King of Cyprus (usurper), reigning from 1460/1464 until his death.
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John II of Cyprus
John II or III of Cyprus (16 May 1418 – 28 July 1458) was the King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458.
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Judgement of Paris
The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War, and in later versions to the foundation of Rome.
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Justinian II
Justinian II (Iustinianus; Ioustinianós; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (Rhinotmetus; ho Rhīnótmētos), was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711.
Kalopedis family
The Kalopedis Family are jewellers from Cyprus who specialize in traditional Greek Byzantine style icons and ecclesiastical art, found in Orthodox churches.
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Karpas Peninsula
The Karpas Peninsula (Καρπασία "Karpasía"; Karpaz), also known as the Karpass, Karpaz or Karpasia, is a long, finger-like peninsula that is one of the most prominent geographical features of the island of Cyprus.
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Kastellorizo
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (Kastellórizo), officially Megisti (Μεγίστη Megísti), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kemal Karpat
Kemal Haşim Karpat (15 February 1924, Babadag Tulcea, Romania – 20 February 2019, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States) was a Romanian-Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Keravnos B.C.
Keravnos B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Στροβόλου«Ο Κεραυνός»), also known as Keravnos Strovolou, is a professional basketball club based in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Khedivate of Egypt
The Khedivate of Egypt (or خُدَيْوِيَّةُ مِصْرَ,; خدیویت مصر) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, established and ruled by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty following the defeat and expulsion of Napoleon Bonaparte's forces which brought an end to the short-lived French occupation of Lower Egypt.
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Khedive
Khedive (hıdiv; khudaywī) was an honorific title of Classical Persian origin used for the sultans and grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, but most famously for the viceroy of Egypt from 1805 to 1914.
Khirokitia
Khirokitia (sometimes spelled Choirokoitia; Χοιροκοιτία, suggested meaning Pig-cradle, from χοίρος 'pig, boar' + κοιτίς 'place of origin, cradle') is an archaeological site on the island of Cyprus dating from the Neolithic age.
Kibbeh
Kibbeh (also kubba and other spellings; kibba) is a popular dish in the Levant based on spiced lean ground meat and bulgur wheat.
Kingdom of Cyprus
The Kingdom of Cyprus (Royaume de Chypre; Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. Cyprus and kingdom of Cyprus are island countries.
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Kition
Kition (Ancient Greek: Κίτιον,; Latin: Citium; Egyptian:; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤕,, or 𐤊𐤕𐤉) was an Ancient Greek city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (in present-day Larnaca), one of the Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus.
KKTC Telsim
Vodafone Mobile Operations Ltd. or legally KKTC Telsim is the first GSM operator in Northern Cyprus.
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
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Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.
Konstantia Sofokleous
Konstantia Konstantina Sofokleous (b. 15 April) is a visual artist working with video art, animation, drawing, and new technologies.
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Kykkos Monastery
Kykkos Monastery (Ιερά Μονή Κύκκουor Κύκκος for short, Cikko Manastırı), which lies 20 km west of Pedoulas, is one of the wealthiest and best-known monasteries in Cyprus.
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Kyprianos of Cyprus
Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus (Κυπριανός) was the head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in the early 19th century at the time that the Greek War of Independence broke out.
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Kyrenia
Kyrenia (Kerýneia; Girne) is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle.
Kyrenia District
Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus.
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Kyrenia Mountains
The Kyrenia Mountains (Κερύνειο Όρος; Girne Dağları) is a long, narrow mountain range that runs for approximately along the northern coast of the island of Cyprus.
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Kyriakos Charalambides
Kyriakos Charalambides (Κυριάκος Χαραλαμπίδης, Kyriacos Charalambides) is one of the most renowned and celebrated living Cypriot poets.
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Kyriakos Ioannou
Kyriakos Ioannou (Κυριάκος Ιωάννου, born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper.
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Laïko
Laïko or laïkó (tragoúdi,; " of the people", "popular "; tragoúdia|label.
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Larnaca
Larnaca (pronounced) (Lárnaka; Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name.
Larnaca District
Larnaca District (Επαρχία Λάρνακας, Larnaka kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus.
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Larnaca International Airport
Larnaca International Airport – Glafcos Clerides is an international airport located southwest of Larnaca, Cyprus. Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international gateway and the larger of the two commercial airports in the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, the other being Paphos International Airport on the island's southwestern coast.
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Larnaca Salt Lake
Larnaca Salt Lake (translit, Larnaka Tuz Gölü) is a complex network of four salt lakes (3 of them interconnected) of different sizes to the west of the city of Larnaca.
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Late Bronze Age collapse
The Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC associated with environmental change, mass migration, and the destruction of cities.
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Latin Church
The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell (27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.
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Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis, also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, is a flowering plant and one of the only two species of the genus Lawsonia, with the other being Lawsonia odorata.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Cyprus and Lebanon are countries in Asia, eastern Mediterranean, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, middle Eastern countries and west Asian countries.
Ledra Street
Ledra Street (Οδός Λήδρας Odos Lidras; Ledra Caddesi) is a major shopping thoroughfare in central Nicosia, Cyprus, which links North Nicosia, the part of the city under the control of the de facto Northern Cyprus, and south Nicosia.
Lefkara lace
Lefkaritika or Lefkara Lace is a handmade lace from Pano Lefkara Cyprus.
Left- and right-hand traffic
Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively.
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Legal working age
The legal working age is the minimum age required by law in each country or jurisdiction for a young person who has not yet reached the age of majority to be allowed to work.
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Lempa, Cyprus
Lempa (Λέμπα, Lemba) is a village in Cyprus located approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the town of Paphos.
Leontios Machairas
Leontios Machairas or Makhairas (Greek: Λεόντιος Μαχαιράς, French: Léonce Machéras; about 1380 - after 1432) was a historian in medieval Cyprus.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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Limassol
Limassol (Lemesós; Limasol or Leymosun) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the Limassol district.
Limassol Carnival Festival
The Limassol Carnival is an annual European carnival event held in Limassol, Cyprus.
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Limassol District
Limassol District or Lemesos (Λεμεσός) is one of the six districts of Cyprus.
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Linear B
Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language.
Lingua franca
A lingua franca (for plurals see), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
Linobambaki
The Linobambaki or Linovamvaki were a Crypto-Christian community in Cyprus, predominantly of Catholic and Greek Orthodox descent who were persecuted for their religion during Ottoman rule.
List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.
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List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year.
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List of Cypriots
The following is a list of Cypriots notable enough to have their own article.
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List of islands by area
This list includes all islands in the world larger than.
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List of islands by population
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people.
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List of islands of Italy
This is a list of islands of Italy.
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List of painted churches in Cyprus
There are over sixty churches in Cyprus with Byzantine and post-Byzantine wall paintings.
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List of states with limited recognition
A number of polities have declared independence and sought diplomatic recognition from the international community as sovereign states, but have not been universally recognised as such.
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London and Zürich Agreements
The London and Zürich Agreements (Συμφωνίες Ζυρίχης–Λονδίνου; Zürih ve Londra Antlaşmaları) for the constitution of Cyprus started with an agreement on 19 February 1959 in Lancaster House, London, between Turkey, Greece, the United Kingdom and Cypriot community leaders (Archbishop Makarios III for Greek Cypriots and Dr.
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Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet.
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Lute
A lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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Mahmud II
Mahmud II (Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, II.; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.
Makario Stadium
Makario Stadium (Μακάρειο Στάδιο), is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Makarios III
Makarios III (Μακάριος Γ΄; born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos; 13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Greek Cypriot archbishop, primate, statesman and politician, who served as the first President of Cyprus between 1960 and July 1974, with a second term between December 1974 and 1977.
Mandarin orange
The mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), also known as mandarin or mandarine, is a small, rounded citrus tree fruit.
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Manor Motorsport
Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading as Manor Endurance Racing Ltd is a British motor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater champion John Booth.
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Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis (Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, Arabic: ماركوس بغداتيس; born 17 June 1985 is a Cypriot former professional tennis player and coach. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No.
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Marios Joannou Elia
Marios Joannou Elia (born 19 June 1978), is a Cypriot composer and artistic director.
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Marios Tokas
Marios Tokas (Μάριος Τόκας) (8 June 1954 – 27 April 2008) was a Cypriot composer of traditional music born in Limassol, Cyprus.
Maronite Church
The Maronite Church (لكنيسة المارونية; ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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Maronite Cypriots
Maronite Cypriots are an ethnoreligious group and are members of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus whose ancestors migrated from the Levant during the Middle Ages.
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Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Megali Idea
The Megali Idea (translit) is a nationalist and irredentist concept that expresses the goal of reviving the Byzantine Empire, by establishing a Greek state, which would include the large Greek populations that were still under Ottoman rule after the end of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) and all the regions that had large Greek populations (parts of the southern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus).
Mehmet Yaşın
Mehmet Yaşın (born 1958) is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author.
Mesaoria
The Mesaoria (Μεσαορία, Mesarya) is a broad, sweeping plain which makes up the north centre of the island of Cyprus.
Mesentery
In human anatomy, the mesentery, an organ that attaches the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall, comprises the double fold of the peritoneum.
Mespilus germanica
Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar or common medlar, is a large shrub or small tree in the rose family Rosaceae.
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Met Office
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.
Methysos
MethysOs is a Cypriot folk metal band formed in Limassol, Cyprus in 2011.
Meze
Meze (also spelled mezze or mezé) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Levantine, Turkish, Balkan, Armenian, Kurdish, and Greek cuisines.
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Michael Cacoyannis
Michael Cacoyannis (Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, Michalis Kakogiannis; 11 June 1922 – 25 July 2011), sometimes credited as Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriot theatre and film director, writer, producer, and actor.
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Michael Paraskos
Michael Paraskos, FHEA, FRSA (born 1969) is a novelist, lecturer and writer on art.
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Michalis Hatzigiannis
Michalis Hatzigiannis (Greek: Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης; born 5 November 1978) is a Cypriot singer, musician, and record producer.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Middle class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.
Millet (Ottoman Empire)
In the Ottoman Empire, a millet (ملت) was an independent court of law pertaining to "personal law" under which a confessional community (a group abiding by the laws of Muslim sharia, Christian canon law, or Jewish halakha) was allowed to rule itself under its own laws.
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Monaco Telecom
Monaco Telecom is the primary telecommunications provider in the Principality of Monaco.
Morphou
Morphou (Μόρφου; Omorfo or Güzelyurt) is a town in the northwestern part of Cyprus, under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
Mount Olympus (Cyprus)
Olympus, or Chionistra, (Όλυμπος or Χιονίστρα; Olimpos Tepesi) at, is the highest point in Cyprus.
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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees.
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Music of Greece
The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history.
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Music of Turkey
The roots of traditional music in Turkey span across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks migrated to Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and contains elements of both Turkic and pre-Turkic influences.
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Music recording certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.
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Mutlu Çerkez
Mutlu Çerkez (17 September 196410 December 2005) was a British-born Australian-Turkish Cypriot conceptual artist.
Mycenaean Greece
Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.
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Mycenaean Greek
Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the terminus ad quem for the introduction of the Greek language to Greece.
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Nea Salamis Famagusta FC
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (alternatively Nea Salamina, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot professional football club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta).
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Neşe Yaşın
Neşe Yaşın (born February 12, 1959), is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author.
Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Neriman Cahit
Neriman Cahit (born 1937) is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author.
New Kingdom of Egypt
The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, was the ancient Egyptian state between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC.
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Nicos Anastasiades
Nicos Anastasiades (Νίκος Αναστασιάδης; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician and businessperson, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023.
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Nicos Nicolaides
Nicos Nicolaides (Νίκος Νικολαΐδης; 1884–1956) was a Greek Cypriot painter and writer.
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Nicosia
Nicosia (also known as Lefkosia in Greek and Lefkoşa in Turkish) is the capital and largest city of Cyprus.
Nicosia District
Nicosia District (Greek: Eπαρχία Λευκωσίας) is one of the six districts of Cyprus.
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Nikephoros II Phokas
Nikephoros II Phokas (Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς, Nikēphóros Phōkãs; – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969.
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Nikos Christodoulides
Nikos Christodoulides (Νίκος Χριστοδουλίδης; born 6 December 1973) is a Cypriot politician, diplomat, and academic who has served as the 8th President of Cyprus since 2023.
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Nikos Sampson
Nikos Sampson (Νίκος Σαμψών; born Nikolaos (Nikos) Georgiadis, Νίκολαος (Νίκος) Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was a Cypriot journalist, militant and politician, who was installed as acting President of Cyprus during the 1974 coup.
Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).
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Noble Energy
Noble Energy, Inc. was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
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Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Cyprus and Northern Cyprus are countries and territories where Turkish is an official language, countries in Asia, countries in Europe, eastern Mediterranean, island countries, middle Eastern countries and west Asian countries.
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Nuclear Suppliers Group
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a multilateral export control regime and a group of nuclear supplier countries that seek to prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling the export of materials, equipment and technology that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
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Okra
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, is a flowering plant in the mallow family native to East Africa.
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Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia (Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, Olympiakos Lefkosias) is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the.
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Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais, commonly referred to as simply Lyon or OL, is a French professional football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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Onesilus
Onesilus or Onesilos (Ὀνήσιλος, "useful one"; died 497 BC) was the brother of king Gorgos (Gorgus) of the Greek city-state of Salamis on the island of Cyprus.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997.
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia.
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Organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.
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Ormideia
Ormideia (Ορμήδεια), sometimes also spelled Ormidhia, is a village in Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus.
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).
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Osman Türkay
Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet, writer, and literary critic.
Othello
Othello (full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, around 1603.
Ottoman Cyprus
The Eyalet of Cyprus (ایالت قبرص, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıṣ) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which was annexed into the Empire in 1571.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus (Guerra di Cipro) was fought between 1570 and 1573.
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Oud
The oud (translit) is a Middle Eastern short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument (a chordophone in the Hornbostel–Sachs classification of instruments), usually with 11 strings grouped in six courses, but some models have five or seven courses, with 10 or 13 strings respectively.
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Outline of Cyprus
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cyprus: Cyprus – Eurasian island country located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and north of Egypt.
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Palaeoloxodon cypriotes
Palaeoloxodon cypriotes is an extinct species of dwarf elephant that inhabited the island of Cyprus during the Late Pleistocene.
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PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.net is the first Armenian online news agency, an internet portal based in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Panayiotis Kalorkoti
Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 11 April 1957, Cyprus) is a British artist.
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Pano Lefkara
Pano Lefkara (Πάνω Λεύκαρα) is a village on the island of Cyprus famous for its lace, known as lefkaritika in (Greek: λευκαρίτικα) and silver handicrafts.
Paphos
Paphos (Πάφος; Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District.
Paphos District
Paphos District (Eparchía Páfou; Baf kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus.
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Paphos International Airport
Paphos International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located south-east of the city of Paphos on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
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Paralimni
Paralimni (Παραλίμνι) is a town within the Famagusta District of Cyprus, situated on the island's east coast.
Paratrooper
A paratrooper or military parachutist is a soldier trained to conduct military operations by parachuting directly into an area of operations, usually as part of a large airborne forces unit.
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
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Partition of Babylon
The Partition of Babylon was the first of the conferences and ensuing agreements that divided the territories of Alexander the Great.
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Passports of the European Union
The European Union itself does not issue ordinary passports, but ordinary passport booklets issued by its 27 member states share a common format.
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Pavlos Kontides
Pavlos Kontides (Παύλος Κοντίδης, born 11 February 1990) is a Cypriot sailor.
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Pedieos
The Pedieos (also Pediaios or Pediaeus or Pithkias; Greek: Πεδιαίος/Πηθκιάς, Turkish: Kanlı Dere) is the longest river in Cyprus.
Pedoulas
Pedoulas (Πεδουλάς) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located at an altitude of in the Troodos Mountains, 4 km south of Moutoullas.
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization headquartered at the Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Petrarch
Francis Petrarch (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Francesco Petrarca), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance and one of the earliest humanists.
Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.
Phoenicia
Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.
Pitcher (container)
In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids.
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Politics of Cyprus
The Ministers form the Council of Ministers, including other members who may not be listed, which is an independent collective body with independent powers.
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Pontic Greeks
The Pontic Greeks (Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμιοί; Pontus Rumları or Karadeniz Rumları; Πόντιοι, or Ελληνοπόντιοι,; პონტოელი ბერძნები), also Pontian Greeks or simply Pontians, are an ethnically Greek group indigenous to the region of Pontus, in northeastern Anatolia (in Turkey).
Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
Pork loin
Pork loin is a cut of meat from a pig, created from the tissue along the dorsal side of the rib cage.
Port of Limassol
The Port of Limassol, also known as Limassol New Port is the largest port in Cyprus, located in the city of Limassol.
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Pottery of ancient Greece
Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society.
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President of Cyprus
The president of Cyprus, officially the president of the Republic of Cyprus, is the head of state and the head of government of Cyprus, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Cypriot National Guard.
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Presidential system
A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.
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PrimeTel
Primetel PLC is a Cypriot telecommunications company that offers and develops voice, data, and video services.
Progressive Party of Working People
The Progressive Party of Working People (Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα ΕργαζόμενουΛαού,; ΑΚΕΛ or AKEL; Emekçi Halkın İlerici Partisi) is a Marxist–LeninistHelena Smith,,, 2008 communist party in Cyprus.
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Proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body.
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Ptolemaic dynasty
The Ptolemaic dynasty (Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom
The Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
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Pygmalion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων Pugmalíōn, gen.: Πυγμαλίωνος) was a legendary figure of Cyprus.
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Pyla
Pyla is a village in Larnaca District, Cyprus.
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Qanun (instrument)
The qanun, kanun, ganoun or kanoon (qānūn; k’anon; qānūn; kanonáki, qanun; قانون, qānūn; kanun; qanun) is a Middle Eastern string instrument played either solo, or more often as part of an ensemble, in much of Iran, Arab East, and Arab Maghreb region of North Africa, later it reached West Africa, Central Asia due to Arab migration.
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Quercus alnifolia
Quercus alnifolia, commonly known as the golden oak, is an evergreen oak species of Cyprus.
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Rauf Denktaş
Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus.
Raynald of Châtillon
Raynald of Châtillon (11244 July 1187), also known as Reynald, Reginald, or Renaud, was Prince of Antioch—a crusader state in the Middle East—from 1153 to 1160 or 1161, and Lord of Oultrejordain—a large fiefdom in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem—from 1175 until his death, ruling both territories iure uxoris ('by right of wife').
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Red mullet
The red mullets or surmullets are two species of goatfish, Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus, found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Reggae Sunjam
The Reggae Sunjam Festival is an annual two-day event in Cyprus organized since 2016 by an independent group of reggae enthusiasts.
Religion in Cyprus
Religion in Cyprus is dominated by Eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity, whose adherents make up 73% of the total population of the entire island. Most Greek Cypriots are members of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox 'Church of Cyprus'. Most Turkish Cypriots are officially Sunni Muslims. There are also Baháʼí, Catholic, Jewish, Protestant (including Anglican), Armenian Apostolic, and non-religious communities in Cyprus.
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Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
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Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB; Reporters sans frontières; RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization focused on safeguarding the right to freedom of information.
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Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
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Rhodes
Rhodes (translit) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Richard I of England
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.
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Rizokarpaso
Rizokarpaso (Ριζοκάρπασο; Dipkarpaz) is a town on the Karpas Peninsula in the Northeastern part of Cyprus.
Roads and motorways in Cyprus
Since the arrival of the first motor cars on the island in 1907, Cyprus has developed a modern road network.
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Robert S. P. Beekes
Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University and an author of many monographs on the Proto-Indo-European language.
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Roman Cyprus
Roman Cyprus was a small senatorial province within the Roman Empire.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
Romani people
The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City.
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Russian Cypriots
The influx of Russians in Cyprus began notably after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
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Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.
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Russian oligarchs
Russian oligarchs (oligarkhi) are business oligarchs of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Russian privatisation that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Russians
Russians (russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe.
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
The Russo-Turkish War (lit, named for the year 1293 in the Islamic calendar; Russko-turetskaya voyna, "Russian–Turkish war") was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro.
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Ruzen Atakan
Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and educator.
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser
The men's Laser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
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Saint Martin's School of Art
Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England.
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Salamis, Cyprus
Salamis (Σαλαμίς; Σαλαμίνα; Salamis) was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta.
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Saracen
German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta.
Sarbel
Sarbel-Michael Maronitis (Σαρμπέλ Μιχαήλ Μαρωνίτης; شربل ميهل مارونيت; born 14 May 1981) known mononimously as Sarbel (Σαρμπέλ; شربل; born 14 May 1981), is a British-Cypriot pop singer.
Sardinia
Sardinia (Sardegna; Sardigna) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the twenty regions of Italy.
Satrap
A satrap was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
Second language
A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1).
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Self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
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Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
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Sheftalia
Sheftalia (σεφταλιά; Şeftali Kebabı.) is a traditional sausage that originated in Cyprus.
Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
The Siege of Tyre was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians.
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Sikhs
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.
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Social democracy
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and supports a gradualist, reformist and democratic approach towards achieving socialism.
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Soli, Cyprus
Soli or Soloi (Σόλοι) is an ancient Greek city on the island of Cyprus, located next to the town of Karavostasi, southwest of Morphou (Guzelyurt), and on the coast in the gulf of Morphou.
Solon Michaelides
Solon Michaelides (12 November 190510 September 1979) was a Cypriot composer, teacher and musicologist.
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Sophia Papamichalopoulou
Sophia Papamichalopoulou (Σοφία Παπαμιχαλοπούλου; born April 5, 1990) is an alpine skier who represented Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics along with her brother Christopher.
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Sotiris Kaiafas
Sotirios Kaiafas (Greek: Σωτήριος Καϊάφας; born 17 December 1949) is a retired Cypriot footballer who is considered to be the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced.
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Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos.
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Southern Europe
Southern Europe is the southern region of Europe.
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Souvla
Souvla (σούβλα) is a popular dish from Cyprus.
Souvlaki
Souvlaki (σουβλάκι, souvláki,; plural: σουβλάκια, souvlákia) is a Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer.
Sovereignty
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.
Standard language
A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and stands out among other varieties in a community as the one with the highest status or prestige.
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Stanford University
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Stasander
Stasander (Στάσανδρος; lived 4th century B.C.) was a Soloian general in the service of Alexander the Great.
Stasanor
Stasanor (Στασάνωρ; lived 4th century BC) was a native of Soli in Cyprus, who held a distinguished position among the officers of Alexander the Great.
Stasinus
Stasinus (Στασῖνος) of Cyprus was a semi-legendary early Greek poet.
Stass Paraskos
Stass Paraskos (Στας Παράσκος; 17 March 1933 – 4 March 2014) was an artist from Cyprus, although much of his life was spent teaching and working in England.
State ownership
State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party.
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Stephanos Stephanides
Stephanos Stephanides (born 22 October 1949) is a Cypriot-born author, poet, translator, critic, ethnographer, and documentary film maker.
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Submarine power cable
A submarine power cable is a transmission cable for carrying electric power below the surface of the water.
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Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
Sultanate of Egypt
The Sultanate of Egypt was a British protectorate in Egypt which existed from 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, to 1922, when it ceased to exist as a result of the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence.
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Sumerian language
Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. Cyprus and Syria are countries in Asia, eastern Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, middle Eastern countries and west Asian countries.
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Taksim (politics)
Taksim is a Turkish nationalist and secessionist movement of Turkish Cypriots advocating for the independence and recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus under a two-state solution.
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Taro
Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable.
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Tax haven
A tax haven is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe a place with very low tax rates for non-domiciled investors, even if the official rates may be higher.
Telemachos Kanthos
Telemachos Kanthos (February 24, 1910 – November 18, 1993) was a Greek Cypriot artist.
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Telephone numbers in Cyprus
Telephone numbers in Cyprus follow a closed telephone numbering plan which was adopted on 1 December 2001.
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Territorial waters
Territorial waters are informally an area of water where a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf (these components are sometimes collectively called the maritime zones).
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Teucer
In Greek mythology, Teucer, also Teucrus, Teucros or Teucris (Teûkros), was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Third Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.
Thoros II
Thoros II (Թորոս Բ; died February 6, 1169), also known as Thoros the Great, was the sixth lord of Armenian Cilicia from the Rubenid dynasty from 1144/1145 until 1169.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tio Ellinas
Eftihios "Tio" Ellinas (born 27 January 1992 in Larnaca, Cyprus) is a Cypriot race car driver.
Tourism in Cyprus
Tourism in Cyprus occupies a dominant position in the country's economy, and has significantly impacted its culture and multicultural development throughout the years.
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Treaty of Guarantee (1960)
The Treaty of Guarantee is a treaty between Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom that was promulgated on 16 August 1960.
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Treaty of Lausanne
The Treaty of Lausanne (Traité de Lausanne, Lozan Antlaşması.) is a peace treaty negotiated during the Lausanne Conference of 1922–23 and signed in the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923.
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Troodos Mountains
Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; Τρόοδος; Trodos Dağları) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island.
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Tsifteteli
Tsifteteli (τσιφτετέλι) or Çiftetelli, is a rhythm and dance of Anatolia and the Balkans.
Tsirio Stadium
The Tsirio Stadium (Τσίρειο Στάδιο) is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Limassol, Cyprus.
Turkcell
Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (lit. Turkcell Communication Services) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 39.3 million subscribers as of September 2021. In 2015, the company's number of subscribers climbed to 68.9 million, in nine countries. The largest shareholder is Turkey Wealth Fund with 26.2% ownership.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. Cyprus and Turkey are countries and territories where Turkish is an official language, countries in Asia, countries in Europe, eastern Mediterranean, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, middle Eastern countries and west Asian countries.
Turkey–Northern Cyprus water pipeline
The Turkey–Northern Cyprus water pipeline was built by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project (KKTC Su Temin Projesi) which was an international water diversion project designed to supply water for drinking and irrigation from southern Turkey to Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) via pipeline under Mediterranean Sea.
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Turkish Cypriot diaspora
The Turkish Cypriot diaspora is a term used to refer to the Turkish Cypriot community living outside the island of Cyprus.
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Turkish Cypriot enclaves
The Turkish Cypriot enclaves were inhabited by Turkish Cypriots between the intercommunal violence of 1963–64 and the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
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Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks (Kıbrıs Türkleri or; Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus.
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Turkish delight
Turkish delight, or lokum (/lɔ.kʊm/) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar.
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Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month.
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Turkish language
Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.
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Turkish people
Turkish people or Turks (Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
Turkish Resistance Organisation
The Turkish Resistance Organisation (Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı, TMT) was a Turkish Cypriot pro-taksim paramilitary organisation formed by Rauf Denktaş and Turkish military officer Rıza Vuruşkan in 1958 as an organisation to counter the Greek Cypriot Fighter's Organization EOKA (later "EOKA-B").
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Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus
The Turkish settlers (Cypriot Turkish: Türkiyeliler, "those from Turkey"), also referred to as the Turkish immigrants (Türkiyeli göçmenler), are a group of Turkish people from Turkey who have settled in Northern Cyprus since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
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Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final.
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Ugarit
Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
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UN Tourism
UN Tourism (UNWTO until 2023) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which promotes responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism.
UN Trade and Development
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. Cyprus and United Kingdom are countries in Europe, island countries, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and member states of the United Nations.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarized zone, patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), that was established on 4 March 1964, then extended on 9 August after the Battle of Tillyria and extended again in 1974 after the ceasefire of 16 August 1974, following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and the de facto partition of the island into the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus (excluding the British Sovereign Base Areas) and the largely unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the north.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations General Assembly.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development.
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United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and to facilitate a return to normal conditions.
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United Nations Statistics Division
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), formerly the United Nations Statistical Office, serves under the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) as the central mechanism within the Secretariat of the United Nations to supply the statistical needs and coordinating activities of the global statistical system.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. Cyprus and United States are member states of the United Nations.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, Union postale universelle) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system.
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Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one person, one vote" principle.
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University of Nicosia
University of Nicosia is a private university based in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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Urkiye Mine Balman
Urkiye Mine Balman (January 29, 1927 - April 28, 2018), born in Lefke, was a Turkish Cypriot author and poet who graduated from the Cyprus Turkish Teachers' Training College in 1946 and worked as a teacher in Cyprus.
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Vasilis Michaelides
Vasilis Michaelides (Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης, before c. 1849 –18 December 1917) is considered by many and often referred to as the national poet of Cyprus.
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Vernacular
Vernacular is the ordinary, informal, spoken form of language, particularly when perceived as being of lower social status in contrast to standard language, which is more codified, institutional, literary, or formal.
Vice President of Cyprus
The vice president of Cyprus is the second highest political position in Cyprus, after the president.
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.
Walls of Nicosia
The Walls of Nicosia, also known as the Venetian Walls, are a series of defensive walls which surround Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus.
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Wars of the Diadochi
The Wars of the Diadochi (Πόλεμοι τῶν Διαδόχων, literally War of the Crown Princes), or Wars of Alexander's Successors, were a series of conflicts fought between the generals of Alexander the Great, known as the Diadochi, over who would rule his empire following his death.
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West Asia
West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.
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Winter's Verge
Winter's Verge is a power metal band formed in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2004.
World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations).
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Bank high-income economy
A high-income economy is defined by the World Bank as a country with a gross national income per capita of US$14,005 or more in 2023, calculated using the Atlas method.
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World Confederation of Labour
The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe.
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World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
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World Federation of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN).
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World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Xylotymbou
Xylotymbou (Ξυλοτύμπουor Ξυλοτύμβου) is a small town in Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus.
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium (Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς,; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium (Κίτιον), Cyprus.
.cy
.cy is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cyprus.
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.eu
.eu is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the European Union (EU).
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1950 Cypriot enosis referendum
An unofficial referendum on enosis (reunification) with Greece was held in British Cyprus between 15 and 22 January 1950.
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1974 Cypriot coup d'état
The 1974 Cypriot coup d'état was a military coup d'état executed by the Cypriot National Guard and sponsored by the Greek military junta.
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2004 Cypriot Annan Plan referendums
A referendum on the Annan Plan was held in the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 24 April 2004.
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2006 European heatwave
The 2006 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather that arrived at the end of June 2006 in certain European countries.
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2007–2008 financial crisis
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010, were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.
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2011–12 UEFA Champions League
The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format.
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis
The 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis was an economic crisis in the Republic of Cyprus that involved the exposure of Cypriot banks to overleveraged local property companies, the Greek government-debt crisis, the downgrading of the Cypriot government's bond credit rating to junk status by international credit rating agencies, the consequential inability to refund its state expenses from the international markets and the reluctance of the government to restructure the troubled Cypriot financial sector.
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2018 Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 28 January 2018.
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2018 European heatwave
The 2018 European drought and heat wave was a period of unusually hot weather that led to record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in many parts of Europe during the spring and summer of 2018.
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2019 European heatwaves
In late June and late July 2019 there were two temporally distinct European heat waves, which set all-time high temperature records in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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2022 European heatwaves
From June to August 2022, persistent heatwaves affected parts of Europe, causing evacuations and killing tens of thousands.
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2023 Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 5 February 2023.
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32nd meridian east
The meridian 32° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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34th parallel north
The 34th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 34 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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35th meridian east
The meridian 35° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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36th parallel north
The 36th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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See also
Countries and territories where Greek is an official language
- Bovesia
- Cyprus
- Grecìa Salentina
- Greece
Countries and territories where Turkish is an official language
Eastern Mediterranean
- 2002 Eastern Mediterranean event
- Assyria
- Assyrian homeland
- Buddhism and the Roman world
- Cyprus
- EMME
- East Mediterranean Gas Forum
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Eastern Mediterranean Activities Conference
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
- Eastern Mediterranean Optical System 1
- Eastern Mediterranean University
- Eastern Mediterranean conifer–sclerophyllous–broadleaf forests
- Egypt
- Fertile Crescent
- Fleet coinage (Mark Antony)
- Hatay Province
- Iraqi Kurdistan
- Israel
- Khabur (Euphrates)
- Lebanon
- Levant
- Libya
- Mashriq
- McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
- Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal
- Near East
- Nile Delta
- Northern Cyprus
- Salvia fruticosa
- Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
- State of Palestine
- Syria
- Syrian Desert
- Syrian Kurdistan
- Turkey
- WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine
International islands
- Abagaitu Islet
- Ankoko Island
- Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
- Borneo
- Corocoro Island
- Cyprus
- Dall Island
- Hans Island
- Hispaniola
- Ireland
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
- K Island
- Kalmasaari
- Kataja
- Koiluoto
- List of divided islands
- Märket
- New Guinea
- Passport Island
- Pheasant Island
- Province Island
- Saint Martin (island)
- Sebatik Island
- Three-Country Cairn
- Timor
- Usedom
- Vozrozhdeniya Island
Islands of Asia
Islands of Europe
- Baumwerder
- Bock (island)
- British Isles
- Cyprus
- Frisian Islands
- Islands of the British Isles
- Islands of the Faroe Islands
- List of European islands by area
- List of European islands by population
Member states of the European Union
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Danish Realm
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Latvia
- List of European Union member states by political system
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Member state of the European Union
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean
- Albania
- Algeria
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Tunisia
- Turkey
Middle Eastern countries
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Egypt
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Northern Cyprus
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- State of Palestine
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guyana
- India
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
West Asian countries
- Abkhazia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Egypt
- Georgia (country)
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Middle Eastern countries
- Northern Cyprus
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- South Ossetia
- State of Palestine
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
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