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Enosis
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.
- 2 Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.; A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece. especially
"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."
Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Enosis alt-of, uncountable
- 2 the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots) wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek Ένωσις (Énosis, “union”).
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