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EOKA

EOKA proper noun: the Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston ("National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters"), a paramilitary group fighting for the end of British rule in Cyprus and for union with Greece.

Proper noun

EOKA

  1. (historical) The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston ("National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters"), a paramilitary group fighting for the end of British rule in Cyprus and for union with Greece.
    • In the eyes of the British, EOKA was a terrorist organization. To its supporters its members were freedom fighters engaged in a struggle for national liberation.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 315

Questions about EOKA

What does EOKA mean?
EOKA means the Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston ("National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters"), a paramilitary group fighting for the end of British rule in Cyprus and for union with Greece.
What part of speech is EOKA?
EOKA is a proper noun.

Words near EOKA in the dictionary

  1. eohippus
  2. eohippuses
  3. EOI
  4. EOIL
  5. EOIs
  6. EOKA
  7. EOL
  8. EOLA
  9. Eola weed
  10. eolation
  11. eolations

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