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词汇 enosis
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Definition of enosis in English:

enosis

noun ɪˈnəʊsɪsˈɛnəsɪsiˈnōsis
mass noun
  • The political union of Cyprus and Greece, as an aim or ideal of certain Greeks and Cypriots.

    (作为某些希腊人和塞浦路斯人的目标或理想的)塞浦路斯与希腊的政治合并

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cyprus's Greek community has long desired enosis, political union of Cyprus with Greece, for a long time.
    • Greek Cypriots hoped the British would help them achieve their long-cherished aim of enosis with the Greek mainland.
    • Turkish troops seized the northern part of Cyprus in 1974 in response to an Athens-engineered military coup aimed at enosis.
    • Nearly 80 percent of the population, who were ethnically Greek, wanted enosis.
    • The Turks invaded, in 1974, just as the island was edging towards reunion or enosis with Greece.
    • The aim was to force enosis with Greece, but Makarios survived and led Cypriot resistance to the coup.
    Synonyms
    union, merger, fusion, fusing, amalgamation, integration, coalition, junction, combination, consolidation, confederation, federation

Origin

1920s: from modern Greek henōsis, from hena 'one'.

Definition of enosis in US English:

enosis

nouniˈnōsis
  • The political union of Cyprus and Greece, as an aim or ideal of certain Greeks and Cypriots.

    (作为某些希腊人和塞浦路斯人的目标或理想的)塞浦路斯与希腊的政治合并

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Turkish troops seized the northern part of Cyprus in 1974 in response to an Athens-engineered military coup aimed at enosis.
    • The Turks invaded, in 1974, just as the island was edging towards reunion or enosis with Greece.
    • Nearly 80 percent of the population, who were ethnically Greek, wanted enosis.
    • The aim was to force enosis with Greece, but Makarios survived and led Cypriot resistance to the coup.
    • Cyprus's Greek community has long desired enosis, political union of Cyprus with Greece, for a long time.
    • Greek Cypriots hoped the British would help them achieve their long-cherished aim of enosis with the Greek mainland.
    Synonyms
    union, merger, fusion, fusing, amalgamation, integration, coalition, junction, combination, consolidation, confederation, federation

Origin

1920s: from modern Greek henōsis, from hena ‘one’.

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