kyrenian
Collocations
5ADJ.
open, over
VERB + KYRENIAN
broadening, met
KYRENIAN + NOUN
beachhead, cup, mountain, naukratis, simon, turkey
PREP.
from, in, in, on
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
Of, from or relating to Kyrenia.
The Kyrenian party tried to get a majority by filling the third see, Paphos, with one of their friends.
The firing in Nicosia began shortly before 6 A.M. when Greek Cypriote antiaircraft guns opened up on flights of Turkish transports sweeping in over the Kyrenian mountain range.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Kyrenia.
My Lord of Kyrenia is a very pious Churchman and godly bishop. His enemies say that he is a poor, weak creature, quite unfit to guide the Cypriote Church. All the Philhellenes are for him of Kition; the English Government would prefer the Kyrenian.
"When you grow up by the sea and spend the first 23 years of your life there, it is hard to forget the memories. I will always be a Kyrenian but feel Turkey has taken away a large part of me," she [Titina Loizidou] said, relaxing in her south Nicosia home, only a 20-minute drive from her old home in Kyrenia.
adj
Alternative spelling of Cyrenian.
On a Kyrenian cup from Naukratis in the British Museum (as yet unpublished) we have the early scheme of the Greek type; […]
Of course the Archon’s Kyrenian guests have written too, praising their host’s progress in philosophy, and his devotion to Plato’s doctrines—which means without doubt that he's been expounding half-baked versions which Plato would die to hear.
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6The Kyrenian party tried to get a majority by filling the third see, Paphos, with one of their friends.
WiktionaryThe firing in Nicosia began shortly before 6 A.M. when Greek Cypriote antiaircraft guns opened up on flights of Turkish transports sweeping in over the Kyrenian mountain range.
WiktionaryIn political talks in Geneva, the Turkish government delayed attempts to scale down its Cyprus force and took advantage of the situation by broadening its Kyrenian beachhead in open defiance of a ceas
WiktionaryMy Lord of Kyrenia is a very pious Churchman and godly bishop. His enemies say that he is a poor, weak creature, quite unfit to guide the Cypriote Church. All the Philhellenes are for him of Kition; t
Wiktionary"When you grow up by the sea and spend the first 23 years of your life there, it is hard to forget the memories. I will always be a Kyrenian but feel Turkey has taken away a large part of me," she [Ti
Wiktionary“I bet you wouldn’t be supporting the plan if you were from Kyrenia,” screeches one woman caller hysterically. […] And what about the percentage who would also be going back but under Turkish Cypriot
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