Lefkosia

Synonyms of Lefkosia

• Nicosia

Origin of Lefkosia

From Greek Λευκωσία (Lefkosía), from a variant of Byzantine Greek 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 Nicosia.

Words formed from Lefkosia

• Lefkosian

Questions about Lefkosia

What does Lefkosia mean?

Lefkosia means synonym of Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.

What part of speech is Lefkosia?

Lefkosia is a proper noun.