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Cyprus
     
Cyprus
a large island in the east Mediterranean Sea. Population: 775,927 (2004). Cyprus has a large Greek population in the south and a small Turkish population in the north. Cyprus became a member of the EU in 2004.
—Cypriot noun, adjective
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