Definition of Nicosia

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Cyprus.

Exact synonyms: Capital Of Cyprus
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Cyprus, Republic Of Cyprus

Definition of Nicosia

1. Proper noun. The capital of Cyprus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicosia

Nicolas de Malebranche
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicole
Nicolette
Nicoll
Nicolle
Nicolle's stain
Nicolle's white mycetoma
Nicolls
Nicolo Amati
Nicolson
Nicomachean
Nicomedia
Nicopolitan
Nicopolitans
Nicosia
Nicosian
Nicosians
Nicotiana
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotiana tabacum
Nicæa
Nidaros
Nide
Nidhogg
Nidri
Nidularia
Nidulariaceae

Literary usage of Nicosia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"nicosia, a city of the Province of Catania, in Sicily, situated at a ... nicosia was the birthplace of the Blessed Felix of nicosia, a Capuchin lay brother. ..."

2. Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus by Claude Delaval Cobham (1908)
"OWL, nicosia, No. 1, Sept. 1, 1888, to No. 255, March 7, 1896. ... 1, October 1, 1906, to ISLAM, nicosia, No. 1, April 18, 1907, to SALAMIS, Famagusta, No. ..."

3. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"The Turks had taken nicosia, as we have had cause more than once to observe, on 9 September (1570) after fifteen assaults and a siege of forty-five days, ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"nicosia in, the time of Constantine the Great was 9 m. in circuit, and before Cyprus came into the ... nicosia, a town of Sicily, in the province and 40 m. ..."

5. Cyprus by Waldemar Weiss (2001)
"nicosia nicosia O is 'he capital of Cyprus and its largest city. ... Greater nicosia has a population of 190000, of which 160000 live in the south and 30000 ..."

6. A Winter Pilgrimage: Being an Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy by Henry Rider Haggard (1904)
"... CHAPTER XIII nicosia AND KYRENIA nicosia looks little changed since first I saw it many years ago. The trees that were planted in portions of the moat ..."

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