Country · CY

Cyprus in other languages: Κύπρος, Kıbrıs, Nicosia and six districts

Cyprus is Κύπρος (Kýpros) in Greek and Kıbrıs in Turkish, its two official languages, and ISO 3166-1 codes it CY, CYP and 196. Below, the name stands in 184 languages, the capital Nicosia in 91 and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 108, followed by the six districts with their ISO 3166-2 codes.

Official languagesGreek; Turkish

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 2:3

alpha-2: CY
alpha-3: CYP
numeric: 196

Κύπρος Greek · GreekRomanised Kýpros

Κυπριακή ΔημοκρατίαKypriakī́ Dīmokratía

Kıbrıs Turkish · Latin

Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti

English: CyprusRepublic of Cyprus
Capital: ΛευκωσίαLefkoşaLeykōsía · Nicosia

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026

01 · Exonyms

Cyprus in other languages: list of exonyms

Cyprus in 184 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Welsh, Hausa, Latin, Dutch, Slovak	eng / cym / hau / lat / nld / slk	Cyprus	same as written
Aragonese, Asturian, Galician, Nahuatl, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish	arg / ast / glg / nah / oci / por / spa	Chipre	same as written
Danish, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, Swedish	dan / dsb / hsb / swe	Cypern	same as written
Finnish, Kven, Norwegian, Northern Sami	fin / fkv / nor / sme	Kypros	same as written
Gagauz, Karakalpak, Slovio, Turkmen	gag / kaa / slo / tuk	Kipr / Кипр	Kipr
Corsican, Romanian, Sicilian	cos / ron / scn	Cipru	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German, North Frisian, Saterland Frisian	deu / ltz / nds / frr / stq	Zypern	same as written
French, Jersey Norman French, Norman French	fra / jnf / nrm	Chypre	same as written
Catalan, Tetum	cat / tet	Xipre	same as written
Indonesian, Javanese	ind / jav	Siprus	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	kin / run	Shipre	same as written
Latvian, Latgalian	lav / ltg	Kipra	same as written
Afrikaans, Hungarian	afr / hun	Ciprus	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Kipr / Кипр, Qıbrıs / Гыбрыс	Kipr, Qıbrıs
Bambara	bam	Sipiri	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Kipar / Кипар / قٖىپار	Kipar
Breton	bre	Kiprenez	same as written
Czech	ces	Kypr	same as written
Cornish	cor	Kyproes	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Qıbrız / Къыбрыз	Qıbrız
Kashubian	csb	Cyper	same as written
Zarma	dje	Kubrus	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Kipro	same as written
Estonian	est	Küpros	same as written
Basque	eus	Zipre, Txipre	same as written
Faroese	fao	Kýpros	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Ch·ipre	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Syprus	same as written
Friulian	fur	Cipri	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Cìopras, Cìoprus, Cuprus	same as written
Irish	gle	An Chipir	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Chyprys, Yn Cheeprey	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Chip	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Cipar	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Saiprọs	same as written
Interlingua	ina	Cypro	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Kýpur, Kípur	same as written
Italian	ita	Cipro	same as written
Greenlandic	kal	Cyperni	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Qibris, Kîpros	same as written
Lingala	lin	Sipre	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Kipras	same as written
Ladin	lld	Ziper	same as written
Ganda	lug	Kupuro	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Ċipru	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Cipru / Чипру	Cipru
Mossi	mos	Sɩpr	same as written
Maori	mri	Taipari	same as written
Malay	msa	Siprus / سيڤروس, Kibris / قبرس	Siprus, Kibris
Southern Ndebele	nbl	iKhuphro	same as written
Old Norse	non	Kípr	same as written
Novial	nov	Kiprus	same as written
Polish	pol	Cypr	same as written
Quechua	que	Kipru, Chipri	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Čipro / चिप्रो	Čipro
Romansh	roh	Cipra	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Chipro	same as written
Slovenian	slv	Ciper	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Kėpros	same as written
Samoan	smo	Saiperisia	same as written
Somali	som	Qubrus	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Qiproja	same as written
Sardinian	srd	Chipru	same as written
Swahili	swa	Kipro, Kuprus	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Sipres	same as written
Tongan	ton	Siapalesi	same as written
Tswana	tsn	Kupero	same as written
Turkish	tur	Kıbrıs	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Qibris / Қибрис / قىبرىس, Kipr / Кипр / كىپر	Qibris, Kipr
Veps	vep	Kipr	same as written
Vietnamese	vie	Síp	same as written
Volapük	vol	Sipreän	same as written
Võro	vor	Küprüs	same as written
Walloon	wln	Chipe	same as written
Wolof	wol	Ciipër	same as written
Xhosa	xho	iSipro	same as written
Zulu	zul	iKhupro	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Qıbrıs	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Кѵ́пръ	Kȳ́prŭ
Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abk / abq / alt / ava / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mon / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Кипр	Kipr
Bashkir, Chechen	bak / che	Кипр / Kipr	Kipr
Belarusian	bel	Кіпр / Kipr	Kipr
Bulgarian	bul	Кипър	Kipăr
Kazakh	kaz	Кипр / كيپر / Kïpr	Kïpr
Kabardian	kbd	Кипыр	Kipyr
Kyrgyz	kir	Кипр / كىپر / Kipr	Kipr
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Ԛәбрәс / Qebres, Ԛӧбрьс / Qubris, Кипр / Kîpr	Qebres, Qubris, Kîpr
Macedonian	mkd	Кипар	Kipar
Rusyn	rue	Ціпрус	Ciprus
Serbian	srp	Кипар / Kipar	Kipar
Tatar	tat	Кипр / Kipr / كىپر	Kipr
Tajik	tgk	Қибрис / قبرس / Qibris, Кипр / کیپر / Kipr	Qibris, Kipr
Ukrainian	ukr	Кіпр	Kipr
Arabic	ara	قبرص	Qubruṣ
South Azerbaijani	azb	کیپر / Kipr, قیبریس / Qıbrıs	Kipr, Qıbrıs
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	قوبرس / Qubris	Qubris
Persian	fas	قبرس / Qebres / Qobros	Qebres, Qobros
Western Punjabi	pnb	قبرص	Qibriṣ
Dari	prs	قبرس	Qebros / Qobros
Pashto	pus	قبرس, سايپروس	Qibrus / Qubrus, Sāyprūs
Sindhi	snd	قبرص	Qibriṣi
Uyghur	uig	سىپرۇس / Siprus / Сипрус	Siprus
Urdu	urd	قبرص, سائپرس	Qibriṣ, Sāʾipras
Dhivehi	div	ސައިޕްރަސް	Saipras
Syriac	syr	ܩܒܪܨ, ܩܘܦܪܘܣ	Qubruṣ, Qūprūs
Hebrew	heb	קפריסין, קפרוס	Qafrīsīn, Qafrōs
Ladino	lad	קיפרי / Kipre	Kipre
Yiddish	yid	ציפּערן, ציפּרוס	Tsipern, Tsiprus
Kabyle	kab	ⵇⵓⴱⵔⵓⵙ / Qubrus	Qubrus
Amharic	amh	ቆጵሮስ	Ḳoṗros
Greek	ell	Κύπρος	Kýpros
Armenian	hye	Կիպրոս	Kipros
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	კვიპროსი	Kviprosi
Laz	lzz	კიბრისი / K’ibrisi, ქიპრისი / Kip’risi	K’ibrisi, Kip’risi
Hindi	hin	साइप्रस, किब्रस	Sāipras, Kibras
Marathi	mar	सायप्रस	Sāypras
Bengali	ben	সাইপ্রাস	Sāiprās
Gujarati	guj	સાયપ્રસ	Sāypras
Odia	ori	ସାଇପ୍ରସ	Sāiprôs
Punjabi	pan	ਕਿਪਰੂਸ	Kiprūs
Sinhala	sin	සයිප්‍රස්	Sayipras
Kannada	kan	ಸೈಪ್ರಸ್	Saipras
Malayalam	mal	സൈപ്രസ്, സൈപ്രസ്സ്	Saipras, Saiprass
Tamil	tam	சைப்ரஸ், சைப்பிரஸ்	Caipras, Caippiras
Telugu	tel	సైప్రస్	Saipras
Chinese	zho	賽普勒斯/赛普勒斯	Sàipǔlèsī
Japanese	jpn	サイプラス, キプロス	Saipurasu, Kipurosu
Korean	kor	사이프러스, 키프로스	Saipeureoseu, Kipeuroseu
Tibetan	bod	སེ་པི་རི་སི།	Se.pi.ri.si
Burmese	mya	ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ်	Sʰaiʿpáẏaʿs
Thai	tha	ไซปรัส	Saiprât
Lao	lao	ໄຊປຣັດ	Saiplât
Khmer	khm	ស៊ីពរ៍, សាយប្រើស	Sīp[r], Sāybrøs

02 · NamesU+039A GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA

Kypros, Cyprus, Kıbrıs: the main groups of names

The names of the island fall into a few clear groups. One keeps the Latin shape: Cyprus in English, Welsh, Dutch and Slovak, Chipre in Spanish and Portuguese, Chypre in French, Cipro in Italian and Zypern in German. Another stays close to the Greek Κύπρος: Kypros in Finnish and Norwegian, Küpros in Estonian, Kýpros in Faroese.

A further group starts with q or k followed by a b, like Arabic قبرص (Qubruṣ): Turkish Kıbrıs, Persian قبرس (Qebres), Somali Qubrus, Uzbek Qibris and Tajik Қибрис. Several languages of the former Soviet Union keep two forms side by side, so Azerbaijani lists Kipr beside Qıbrıs and Tajik Қибрис beside Кипр. Russian itself writes Кипр (Kipr).

A third group follows the English pronunciation. Hindi साइप्रस, Thai ไซปรัส, Japanese サイプラス and Korean 사이프러스 all start with sai; Japanese and Korean also list キプロス and 키프로스, closer to the Greek. Chinese 賽普勒斯 follows the English sound as well.

Nicosia shows the same split. The international name is Nicosia; the Greek name is Λευκωσία (Leykōsía) and the Turkish Lefkoşa, and Russian lists Лефкосия beside Никосия.

03 · Nicosia

Nicosia (Λευκωσία, Lefkoşa) in other languages

Nicosia in 91 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Aragonese, Asturian, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Romanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Irish	eng / arg / ast / hun / ita / lat / ron / scn / spa / gle	Nicosia	same as written
Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	est / eus / fao / fin / ind / nor / deu / ltz / nds	Nikosia	same as written
Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese	lav / lit / mlt	Nikosija	same as written
Breton, Albanian	bre / sqi	Nikozia	same as written
Croatian, Slovenian	hrv / slv	Nikozija	same as written
Slovak, Tetum	slk / tet	Nikózia	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Nikosiya / Никосија	Nikosiya
Bosnian	bos	Nikozija / Никозија / نٖىقۉزٖىيا	Nikozija
Catalan	cat	Nicòsia	same as written
Czech	ces	Nikosie, Lefkuša	same as written
Cornish	cor	Nikosi	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Nikozio	same as written
French	fra	Nicosie	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Nikozi	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Nikósía	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Nîqosya	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Nicosia / Никосия	Nicosia
Malay	msa	Nikosia / نيكوسيا	Nikosia
Polish	pol	Nikozja	same as written
Portuguese	por	Nicósia	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Lefcosia	same as written
Slovio	slo	Nikosia / Никосиа	Nikosia
Samogitian	smg	Nėkosėjė	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Nikosya	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Nikosiýa / Никосия	Nikosiýa
Turkish	tur	Lefkoşa	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Nikosiya / Никосия / نىكاسىيە	Nikosiya
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Лєѵкѡсі́ꙗ	Leȳkōsī́ja
Bashkir	bak	Никосия / Nikosiya	Nikosiya
Belarusian	bel	Нікасія / Nikasija	Nikasija
Bulgarian	bul	Никозия	Nikozija
Chuvash	chv	Никосийӑ, Лефкоси	Nikosijă, Lefkosi
Kazakh	kaz	Никосия / نيكوسيا / Nïkosïya	Nïkosïya
Kabardian	kbd	Никосиэ, Лефкосиэ	Nikosiă, Lefkosiă
Kyrgyz	kir	Никосия / نىكوسىيا / Nikosiya	Nikosiya
Meadow Mari	mhr	Никосий, Лефкосий	Nikosij, Lefkosij
Mongolian	mon	Никоси	Nikosi
Ossetian	oss	Никоси, Лефкоси	Nikosi, Lefkosi
Russian	rus	Никосия, Лефкосия	Nikosija, Lefkosija
Serbian	srp	Никозија / Nikozija	Nikozija
Tatar	tat	Никосия / Nikosiä / نىكوسىيە	Nikosiä
Tajik	tgk	Никосия / نیکاسیه / Nikosija	Nikosija
Ukrainian	ukr	Нікосія	Nikosija
Arabic	ara	نيقوسيا	Nīqūsiyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	نیکوسییا / Nikosiya	Nikosiya
Persian	fas	نیکوزیا / Nikoziyâ, نیکوسیا / نیکسیا / Nikosiyâ	Nikoziyâ, Nikosiyâ
Western Punjabi	pnb	نیکوسیا	Nīkōsiyā
Pashto	pus	نيکوسيا	Nīkōsiyā
Uyghur	uig	نىقوسىيە / Niqosiye / Ниқосия	Niqosiye
Urdu	urd	نکوسیا	Nikōsiyā
Syriac	syr	ܢܝܩܘܣܝܐ	Nīqōsiyā
Hebrew	heb	ניקוסיה	Nīqōsyah
Yiddish	yid	ניקאָסיע	Nikosye
Amharic	amh	ኒቆስያ, ኒኮዚያ	Niḳosya, Nikoziya
Greek	ell	Λευκωσία	Leykōsía
Armenian	hye	Նիկոսիա	Nikosia
Georgian	kat	ნიქოზია, ნიკოსია	Niḳozia, Nikosia
Hindi	hin	निकोसिया	Nikosiyā
Bengali	ben	নিকোসিয়া	Nikosiyā
Punjabi	pan	ਨੀਕੋਸੀਆ	Nīkosīā
Kannada	kan	ನಿಕೋಸಿಯ	Nikōsiya
Malayalam	mal	നിക്കോഷ്യ	Nikkōṣya
Tamil	tam	நிகோசியா	Nikōciyā
Telugu	tel	నికొసియా	Nikosiyā
Chinese	zho	尼科西亞/尼科西亚	Níkēxīyà
Japanese	jpn	ニコシア	Nikoshia
Korean	kor	니코시아	Nikosia
Thai	tha	นิโคเซีย	Nikʰōsiya
Khmer	khm	នីកូស៊ី, នីកូសៀរ	Nīkūsī, Nīkūsier

Russian and several languages of Russia give Lefkosija beside Nikosija, the Greek name beside the international one.

04 · Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus in other languages: the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 108 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English	eng	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	same as written
Asturian, Spanish	ast / spa	República Turca del Norte de Chipre	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Turkse Republiek van Noord-Ciprus	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Republica Turca d’o Norte de Chipre	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Şimali Kipr Türk Respublikası / Шимали Кипр Түрк Республикасы, Quzey Qıbrıs Türk Cümhuriyyəti / Гузеј Гыбрыс Түрк Ҹүмһуријјәти	Şimali Kipr Türk Respublikası, Quzey Qıbrıs Türk Cümhuriyyəti
Bosnian	bos	Turska Republika Sjeverni Kipar / Турска Република Сјеверни Кипар / تۆرسقا رەپۆبلٖىقا سيەوەرنٖى قٖىپار	Turska Republika Sjeverni Kipar
Breton	bre	Republik Turk Kiprenez an Norzh	same as written
Catalan	cat	República Turca de Xipre del Nord	same as written
Czech	ces	Severokyperská turecká republika	same as written
Cornish	cor	Repoblek Turkek Kobros Kledh	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Şimaliy Qıbrız Türk Cumhuriyeti / Шималий Къыбрыз Тюрк Джумхуриети	Şimaliy Qıbrız Türk Cumhuriyeti
Welsh	cym	Gweriniaeth Dwrcaidd Gogledd Cyprus	same as written
Danish	dan	Den Tyrkiske Republik Nordcypern	same as written
German	deu	Türkische Republik Nordzypern	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Turka Respubliko Norda Kipro	same as written
Estonian	est	Põhja-Küprose Türgi Vabariik	same as written
Basque	eus	Ipar Zipreko Turkiar Errepublika	same as written
Finnish	fin	Pohjois-Kyproksen turkkilainen tasavalta	same as written
French	fra	République turque de Chypre du Nord	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Rèpublica turca de Ch·ipre du Nord	same as written
Gagauz	gag	Poyraz Kipr Türk Respublikası / Пойраз Кипр Тӱрк Республикасы	Poyraz Kipr Türk Respublikası
Irish	gle	Poblacht Turcach na Cipire Thuaidh	same as written
Galician	glg	República Turca do Norte de Chipre	same as written
Manx	glv	Pobblaght Hurkagh ny Ceeprey Hwoaie	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Turska Republika Sjeverni Cipar	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Észak-Ciprusi Török Köztársaság	same as written
Interlingua	ina	Republica Turc de Nord-Cypro	same as written
Indonesian	ind	Republik Turki Siprus Utara	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Tyrkneska lýðveldið á Norður-Kýpur	same as written
Italian	ita	Repubblica Turca di Cipro del Nord	same as written
Javanese	jav	Républik Turki Siprus Lor	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Komara Tirka Bakurê Kîprosê	same as written
Latvian	lav	Ziemeļkipras Turku Republika	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Törkse Rippebliek Noord-Cyprus	same as written
Lingala	lin	Turkisi Republiki ya Sipre ya Nola	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Šiaurės Kipro Turkų Respublika	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Repoblika Torka ny Kipra Avaratra	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Repubblika Torka ta’ Ċipru ta’ Fuq	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Republica Turcă a Ciprului de Nord / Република Туркэ а Чипрулуй де Норд	Republica Turcă a Ciprului de Nord
Malay	msa	Republik Turki Siprus Utara / ريڤوبليك توركي سيڤروس اوتارا	Republik Turki Siprus Utara
Navajo	nav	Béésh Łichíiʼii Bikéyah Náhookǫsjígo Siʼanígíí	same as written
Low German	nds	Törksch Republik Noordzypern	same as written
Dutch	nld	Turkse Republiek Noord-Cyprus	same as written
Norwegian	nor	Den Tyrkiske republikken Nord-Kypros	same as written
Novial	nov	Turki Republike de Nordi Kiprus	same as written
Occitan	oci	Republica Turca de Chipre del Nòrd	same as written
Polish	pol	Turecka Republika Cypru Północnego	same as written
Portuguese	por	República Turca do Chipre do Norte	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Turkikani Republika le Nordutno Čiproski / तुर्किकानी रेपुब्लिका ले नोर्दुत्नो चिप्रोस्की	Turkikani Republika le Nordutno Čiproski
Romanian	ron	Republica Turcă a Ciprului de Nord	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Republica Turtsescã di Chipro di Aratsile	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Ripùbbrica Turca di Cipru dû Nord	same as written
Slovak	slk	Severocyperská turecká republika	same as written
Slovenian	slv	Turška republika Severni Ciper	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Republika Turke e Qipros Veriore	same as written
Swahili	swa	Jamhuri ya Kituruki ya Kupro ya Kaskazini	same as written
Swedish	swe	Turkiska republiken Nordcypern	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Demirgazyk Kipr Türk Respublikasy / Демиргазык Кипр Түрк Республикасы	Demirgazyk Kipr Türk Respublikasy
Turkish	tur	Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Shimoliy Kipr Turk Respublikasi / Шимолий Кипр Турк Республикаси / شىمالىي كىپر تۇرك رېسپۇبلىكەسى	Shimoliy Kipr Turk Respublikasi
Vietnamese	vie	Cộng hòa Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ miền Bắc Síp	same as written
Walloon	wln	Republike turke di Bijhe Chipe	same as written
Yoruba	yor	Olominira Turki ile Apaariwa Kipru	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Cumurêtê Tırkê Qıbrısê Zımey	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Тоурьчьска Димократі́ꙗ Сѣ́вєрьна Кѵ́пра	Turĭčĭska Dimokratī́ja Sě́verĭna Kȳ́pra
Avar	ava	Бакъбаккул Кипралъул Туркиялъул Республика	Baq̇bakkul Kiprałul Turkijałul Respublika
Bashkir	bak	Төньяҡ Кипр Төрөк Республикаһы / Tönyaķ Kipr Török Respublikahı	Tönyaķ Kipr Török Respublikahı
Belarusian	bel	Турэцкая Рэспубліка Паўночнага Кіпра / Tureckaja Respublika Paŭnočnaha Kipra, Турэцкая Рэспубліка Паўночнага Кіпру / Tureckaja Respublika Paŭnočnaha Kipru	Tureckaja Respublika Paŭnočnaha Kipra, Tureckaja Respublika Paŭnočnaha Kipru
Bulgarian	bul	Севернокипърска турска република	Severnokipărska turska republika
Kazakh	kaz	Солтүстік Кипр Түрік Республикасы / سولتۇستىك كيپر تۇرىك رەسپۋبليكاسى / Soltüstik Kïpr Türik Respwblïkası	Soltüstik Kïpr Türik Respwblïkası
Kabardian	kbd	Тырку Республикэ Ишъхъэрэ Кипырым	Tyrku Respublikă Iṣ̌ħără Kipyrym
Kyrgyz	kir	Түндүк Кипр Түрк Республикасы / تۉندۉك كىپر تۉرك رەسپۇبلىكاسى / Tündük Kipr Türk Respublikası	Tündük Kipr Türk Respublikası
Karachay-Balkar	krc	Шимал Кипрны Тюрк Республикасы	Šimal Kiprny Türk Respublikasy
Macedonian	mkd	Турска Република Северен Кипар	Turska Republika Severen Kipar
Mongolian	mon	Умард Киприйн Туркийн Бүгд Найрамдах	Umard Kiprijn Turkijn Bügd Najramdaȟ
Ossetian	oss	Цӕгат Кипры Туркаг Республикӕ	Cägat Kipry Turkag Respublikä
Russian	rus	Турецкая Республика Северного Кипра	Tureckaja Respublika Severnogo Kipra
Yakut	sah	Хоту Кипр Түрк Республиката	Ȟotu Kipr Türk Respublikata
Serbian	srp	Турска република Северни Кипар / Turska republika Severni Kipar	Turska republika Severni Kipar
Tatar	tat	Төньяк Кипрның Төрек Җөмһүрияте / Tönyaq Kiprnıñ Törek Cömhüriäte / تۆنياق كىپرنىڭ تۆرېك جۆمھۈرىيەتې	Tönyaq Kiprnıñ Törek Cömhüriäte
Tajik	tgk	Ҷумҳурии Туркии Қибриси Шимолӣ / جمهوری ترکی قبرس شمالی / Çumhuriji Turkiji Qibrisi Şimolī	Çumhuriji Turkiji Qibrisi Şimolī
Ukrainian	ukr	Турецька Республіка Північного Кіпру	Turec'ka Respublika Pivničnoho Kipru
Arabic	ara	جمهورية شمال قبرص التركية	Ǧumhūrīyâẗu Šimālu Qubruṣi t-Turkīyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	شیمالی کیپر تورک جومهورییه‌تی / Şimali Kipr Türk Cümhuriyyəti, قوزئی قیبریس تورک جومهورییه‌تی / Quzey Qıbrıs Türk Cümhuriyyəti	Şimali Kipr Türk Cümhuriyyəti, Quzey Qıbrıs Türk Cümhuriyyəti
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	کۆماری تورکی قوبرسی باکوور / Komarî Turkî Qubrisî Bakûr	Komarî Turkî Qubrisî Bakûr
Persian	fas	جمهوری ترک قبرس شمالی / Jomhuriye Torke Qebrese Šemâli	Jomhuriye Torke Qebrese Šemâli
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	ترک جمہوریہ شمالی قبرص	Turk Jumhūriyâ Šimālī Qibriṣ
Uyghur	uig	شىمالىي سىپرۇس تۈرك جۇمھۇرىيىتى / Shimaliy Siprus Türk jumhuriyiti / Шималий Сипрус Түрк җумһурийити	Shimaliy Siprus Türk jumhuriyiti
Hebrew	heb	הרפובליקה הטורקית של צפון קפריסין	ha-Repūblīqah ha-Ṭūrqīt šel Tsəfōn Qafrīsīn
Ladino	lad	ריפובליקה טורקאנה דיל נורטי די קיפרי / Republika Turkana del Norte de Kipre	Republika Turkana del Norte de Kipre
Yiddish	yid	טערקישע רעפּובליק פֿון צפֿון־ציפּערן	Terkiše Republik fun Tsofn-Tsipern
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Τουρκική Δημοκρατία της Βόρειας Κύπρου	Toyrkikī́ Dīmokratía tīs Vóreias Kýproy
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Τουρκική Δημοκρατία της Βορείου Κύπρου	Toyrkikī́ Dīmokratía tīs Voreíoy Kýproy
Armenian	hye	Հյուսիսայի Կիպրոսի Թուրքական Հանրապետություն	Hyousisayi Kiprosi T̕ourk̕akan Hanrapetout̕youn
Georgian	kat	ჩრდილოეთი კვიპროსის თურქული რესპუბლიკა	Č̣rdiloeṭi Kviprosis Ṭurḳuli respublika
Laz	lzz	ოჩილდრე კიბრისიშ თურქი რესპუბლიკა / Oçildre K’ibrisiş Turki Resp’ublik’a	Oçildre K’ibrisiş Turki Resp’ublik’a
Hindi	hin	उत्तरी साइप्रस तुर्की गणराज्य	Uttarī Sāipras Turkī Gaṇrājyā
Marathi	mar	उत्तर सायप्रसचे तुर्की प्रजासत्ताक	Uttar Sāyprasce Turkī Praǳāsttāk
Bengali	ben	উত্তর সাইপ্রাস তুরস্ক প্রজাতন্ত্র	Uttôr Sāiprās Turôskô Prôjātôntrô
Punjabi	pan	ਉੱਤਰੀ ਕਿਪਰੂਸ ਤੁਰਕੀ ਗਣਰਾਜ	Uttarī Kiprūs Turkī Gaṇrāj
Sinhala	sin	උතුරු සයිප්‍රස තුර්‍කි සමූහාණ්‍ඩුව	Uturu Sayiprasa Turki Samūhāṇḍuva
Tamil	tam	வட சைப்ரஸ் துருக்கி குடியரசு	Vaṭa Caipras Turukki Kuṭiyaracu
Chinese	zho	北賽普勒斯土耳其共和國/北赛普勒斯土耳其共和国	Běi Sàipǔlèsī Tǔ'ěrqí Gònghéguó
Japanese	jpn	北キプロス・トルコ共和国	Kita Kipurosu-Toruko Kyōwakoku
Korean	kor	북키프로스터키공화국	Buk Kipeuroseu Teoki Gonghwaguk
Thai	tha	สาธารณรัฐตุรกีแห่งไซปรัสเหนือ	Sātʰāranarât Tunkī hǣ̀ṅ Saiprât [h]Nʉ̄a

05 · Districts

The six districts of Cyprus in Greek and Turkish

Cyprus is divided into six districts (επαρχίες, eparȟíes; kazalar). The table covers the whole island and does not show the line between north and south. Each district has a Greek and a Turkish name; the seat is given in Greek with its transliteration, in Turkish and in English.

Cyprus, ISO 3166-2:CY: 6 districts
ISO 3166-2	Greek	Turkish	English	Administrative centre	Change
Districts6
CY-04	Επαρχία ΑμμοχώστουEparȟía Ammoȟṓstoy	Mağusa kazası	Famagusta District	ΑμμόχωστοςAmmóȟōstos; Gazimağusa / Mağusa; Famagusta	2017 ISO 3166-2 changed the Turkish spelling to Mağusa
CY-06	Επαρχία ΚερύνειαςEparȟía Kerýneias	Girne kazası	Kyrenia District	ΚερύνειαKerýneia; Girne; Kyrenia
CY-03	Επαρχία ΛάρνακαςEparȟía Lárnakas	Larnaka kazası	Larnaca District	ΛάρνακαLárnaka; Larnaka; Larnaca
CY-01	Επαρχία ΛευκωσίαςEparȟía Leykōsías	Lefkoşa kazası	Nicosia District	ΛευκωσίαLeykōsía; Lefkoşa; Nicosia
CY-02	Επαρχία ΛεμεσούEparȟía Lemesoý	Limasol kazası	Limassol District	ΛεμεσόςLemesós; Limasol / Leymosun; Limassol	2017 ISO 3166-2 now spells the Turkish name Leymasun
CY-05	Επαρχία ΠάφουEparȟía Páfoy	Baf kazası	Paphos District	ΠάφοςPáfos; Baf; Paphos

Codes and the ISO spellings: ISO 3166-2:CY on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia table that reproduces it on 28 October 2026, including the spelling change of 23 November 2017. Greek and Turkish names, seats and transliteration: the 2017 edition of this list.

06 · DistrictsU+039B GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA

District names and the Turkish spellings in ISO 3166-2

Each district takes the name of its seat. Greek puts the seat in the genitive after Επαρχία, so Λεμεσός becomes Επαρχία Λεμεσού, while Turkish adds kazası: Limasol kazası, Baf kazası. Some Turkish names stay close to the Greek, as Larnaka for Λάρνακα; others differ widely, as Girne for Κερύνεια and Baf for Πάφος.

ISO 3166-2 codes the districts CY-01 to CY-06, starting with Nicosia. On 23 November 2017 it changed the Turkish spellings of CY-02 and CY-04, to Leymasun and Mağusa. The 2017 edition of this list gives Limasol and Leymosun for Limassol, and Gazimağusa beside Mağusa for Famagusta. ISO describes Cyprus as the Republic of Cyprus; the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a state with limited recognition, has no code of its own.

07 · Anthem

The anthem of Cyprus: Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν

Cyprus uses the Greek Hymn to Liberty. The first four stanzas in Greek, each followed by its transliteration.

Σε γνωρίζω από την κόψη / του σπαθιού την τρομερή, / σε γνωρίζω από την όψη / που με βία μετράει τη γη. (Se gnōrízō apó tīn kópsī / toy spaṯioý tīn tromerī́ / Se gnōrízō apó tīn ópsī / poy me vía metráei tī gī.)
Απ’ τα κόκαλα βγαλμένη / των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, / και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη, / χαίρε, ω χαίρε, Ελευθεριά! (Ap’ ta kókala vgalménī / tōn Ellī́nōn ta ierá, / kai san prṓta andreiōménī, / ȟaíre, ō ȟaíre, Eleyṯeriá!)
Εκεί μέσα εκατοικούσες / πικραμένη, εντροπαλή, / κι ένα στόμα ακαρτερούσες, / «έλα πάλι», να σου πει. (Ekeí mésa ekatoikoýses / pikraménī, entropalī́, / ki éna stóma akarteroýses, / “éla páli”, na soy pei.)
Άργειε νάλθει εκείνη η μέρα, / κι ήταν όλα σιωπηλά, / γιατί τά ’σκιαζε η φοβέρα / και τα πλάκωνε η σκλαβιά. (Árgeie nálṯei ekeínī ī méra, / ki ī́tan óla siōpīlá, / giatí tá ’skiaze ī fovéra / kai ta plákōne ī sklaviá.)

08 · Questions

Questions about the names of Cyprus

What is Cyprus called in Greek and Turkish?

Κύπρος (Kýpros) in Greek and Kıbrıs in Turkish. The official name is Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti in Turkish.

Why is Nicosia called Lefkoşa?

Lefkoşa is the Turkish name of the city and Λευκωσία (Leykōsía) the Greek one; Nicosia is the international form.

Does Northern Cyprus have an ISO code?

No. ISO 3166 codes Cyprus as a whole as CY, CYP and 196, and its six districts as CY-01 to CY-06.