Cyprus

n. 塞浦路斯
【经】 赛浦路斯

Cy.prus

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An island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey. Site of an ancient Neolithic culture, the island was settled by Phoenicians c. 800b.c. and thereafter fell successively to the Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Macedonian Greeks, Egyptians again, and finally Romans (58 b.c. ) The Byzantines controlled it from a.d. 395 until 9, when it was captured by Richard I of England during the Third Crusade. Venice annexed it in 489, Turkey conquered it in 57, and Great Britain proclaimed its sovereignty in 94. Cyprus became independent in 9'0. Nicosia is the capital and the largest city. Population, '42,73.
塞浦路斯：地中海东部的一个岛国，位于土耳其以南。古代新石器文化的遗址，公元前 800年腓尼基人在此定居，后来相继被亚述人、埃及人、波斯人、马其顿希腊人，又是埃及人最后是罗马人(58 公元前 )占领，拜占庭从 公元 395年到9年统治该地，并在第三次十字军东征时被英格兰理查德一世占领，489年被威尼斯兼并，57年被土耳其征服，94年大不列颠宣布拥有其统治权。9'0年塞浦路斯独立。尼科西亚是其首都和最大的城市，人口'42,73