Lefkoşa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ⁧لفقوشه⁩ (Lefkoşa), from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v.

Proper noun

Lefkoşa

  1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Derived terms
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