Greek Cypriots

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Greek Cypriots are the ethnic Greek community native to the island of Cyprus, primarily Greek-speaking and predominantly associated with the Republic of Cyprus in the island’s south.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Greek Cypriot 9
Greek Cypriots canonical 4
Greek-Cypriot 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cypriot people
Greek people
ethnic group
associatedWithState Cyprus
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
capitalCityOfAssociatedState Nicosia
citizenshipCommonlyHeld Republic of Cyprus citizenship
conflictInvolved Cyprus dispute
intercommunal violence in Cyprus
culturalTradition Cypriot folk dance
Cypriot folk music
Greek Orthodox customs
Mediterranean cuisine
diasporaPresence Australia
Greece
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
educationLanguage Greek
ethnicity Greek
historicalLanguageInfluence Ancient Greek
Medieval Greek
surface form: Byzantine Greek
historicalReligionInfluence Byzantine Empire
historicalRuleExperienced British Empire
Byzantine Empire
Frankish rule in Cyprus
Ottoman Empire
Venetian rule in Cyprus
majorityStatus ethnic majority in Republic of Cyprus
nativeTo Cyprus
politicalGoalHistoricallyHeldBySome Enosis with Greece
primaryChurch Orthodox Church of Cyprus
surface form: Church of Cyprus
primaryLanguage Cypriot Greek dialect
Greek
primaryRegion southern Cyprus
primaryReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
recognizedCommunityInCyprus yes
relatedEthnicGroup Armenians
surface form: Armenian Cypriots

Greeks
Latin Catholics of Cyprus
Arab Christians of the Levant
surface form: Maronite Cypriots

Turkish Cypriots
religiousMinoritiesWithinGroup Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestants

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholics

non‑religious
significantEvent 1974 division of Cyprus
Turkish military intervention in Cyprus
surface form: Turkish invasion of Cyprus
writingSystem Greek alphabet

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Demotic Greek usedBy Greek Cypriots
Cypriot Greek usedBy Greek Cypriots
Stelios Haji-Ioannou ethnicGroup Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
George Michael ethnicOrigin Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou, stage name Cat Stevens) ethnicOrigin Greek Cypriots
subject surface form: Yusuf Islam
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Eleni Meleagrou ethnicGroup Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Morphou pre1974PopulationMajority Greek Cypriots
Demis ethnicOrigin Greek Cypriots
subject surface form: Demis Hassabis
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Michael Cacoyannis ethnicGroup Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Haji-Ioannou ethnicOrigin Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek-Cypriot
Haji-Ioannou ethnicGroup Greek Cypriots
subject surface form: Stelios Haji-Ioannou
this entity surface form: Greek-Cypriot
Polys Haji-Ioannou ethnicGroup Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Tulisa Contostavlos ethnicOrigin Greek Cypriots
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot
Whitney Houston and George Michael ethnicOrigin Greek Cypriots
subject surface form: George Michael
this entity surface form: Greek Cypriot