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enosis

enosis is the alternative letter-case form of Enosis.

Proper noun capitalized: Enosis

Enosis

  1. Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.
    1. (especially) A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
      • Despite the pragmatic reluctance of government ministers, in Greece the cause of Enosis quickly took fire in street demonstrations and in the columns of the press.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 312

Origin of enosis

Borrowed from Greek Ένωσις (Énosis, “union”).

Questions about enosis

What does enosis mean?
Enosis means any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.
What is enosis the alternative letter-case form of?
Enosis is the alternative letter-case form of Enosis.
What part of speech is enosis?
Enosis is a proper noun.

Words near enosis in the dictionary

  1. Enos
  2. Enosburg Falls
  3. Enosburgh
  4. enose
  5. enoses
  6. enosis
  7. Enoslav
  8. enostoses
  9. enostosis
  10. enostotic
  11. enoteca

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