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Ayia Napa

British  
/ ˌaɪjə ˈnæpə /

noun

  1. a coastal resort in SE Cyprus. Pop: 9500 (2004 est)

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The trial began in October 2023 at Famagusta criminal court, just north of Ayia Napa, where the British woman reported the attack happened.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

According to Mr. Power, the woman says that she had been having a holiday romance with one of the Israeli men, whom she had met in the Cyprus resort town of Ayia Napa.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

On Tuesday the suspect indicated to police where he had rented two cars, from the resort town of Ayia Napa in the south-east of the island.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2021

Protesters gathered outside the Cypriot high commission before marching through London chanting “we believe her”, on the eve of the sentencing of a 19-year-old woman convicted of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2020

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the teenager's mother - who cannot be named for legal reasons - said she believed her daughter's experience in Ayia Napa was not an isolated incident.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2020

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