Enosis
See also: enosis and ênosis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek Ένωσις (Énosis, “union”).
Proper noun
Enosis
- Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.
- (especially) A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin 2020, p. 312:
- Despite the pragmatic reluctance of government ministers, in Greece the cause of Enosis quickly took fire in street demonstrations and in the columns of the press.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin 2020, p. 312:
- (especially) A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
Translations
movement aiming to incorporate Cyprus into Greece
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Anagrams
- eosins, essoin, neosis, noesis, noises, nosies, noêsis, noësis, noēsis, onsies, ossein, sonsie
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- enosis, ênosis (Brazilian)
Proper noun
Enosis f
- Enosis (movement aiming to incorporate Cyprus into Greece)