nicosia
/ˌnɪkoʊˈsiə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
name
The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
name
A district of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus around the city.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Nicosia, Λευκωσία
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌnɪkoʊˈsiə/
- British English: /ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/