chypre
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chypre
literally: Cyprus, where it perhaps originated
Example Sentences
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Of all the bizarre incidents in which he was involved, none was stranger than the episode of the well-backed Ile de Chypre, near the end of his career, at Royal Ascot in 1988.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2010
Il en venait également de l'île de Chypre.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
Moreover, he feigned not to understand why this Reine de Chypre in particular should have been a success; he declared that Schlesinger had engineered it on purpose to worry him.
From My Life — Volume 1 by Wagner, Richard
Carte G�ologique de l'�le de Chypre, par MM.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
Well, it turned out that when Halevy's Reine de Chypre appeared, it treated the same subject as Lachner's presumably original work, which had been composed in the meantime.
From My Life — Volume 1 by Wagner, Richard
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