Weird Word Wednesday

enosis

Pronunciation /ɪˈnəʊsɪs//ˈɛnəsɪs/

NOUN

mass noun

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

Example sentences

‘The Turks invaded, in 1974, just as the island was edging towards reunion or enosis with Greece.’

Origin

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

Pronunciation

enosis/ɪˈnəʊsɪs//ˈɛnəsɪs/

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