Source Word
Cyprus
IPA(Pronunciation)
Sense(2)
since
1960
the
place
of
an
independent
country
in
the
Middle
East
or
Southeastern
Europe,
governed
by
the
Republic
of
Cyprus,
which
is
a
member
state
of
the
European
Union
since
2004,
however
not
exerting
state
power
over
Northern
Cyprus
since
1974,
after
which
in
1983
the
Turkish
Republic
of
Northern
Cyprus
was
proclaimed.