enosis

American  

[ih-noh-sis, ee-noh-, e-naw-sees] / ɪˈnoʊ sɪs, iˈnoʊ-, ˈɛ nɔ sis /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.

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enosis British  

/ ˈɛnəʊsɪs /

noun

1. the union of Greece and Cyprus: the aim of a group of Greek Cypriots

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Other Word Forms

• enosist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of enosis

1935–40; < Modern Greek énōsis, Greek hénōsis union, equivalent to henō-, variant stem of henoûn to unify (derivative of hén, neuter of heîs one) + -sis -sis

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Grivas' death at 75 of a heart attack may finally have brought to an end the reckless terrorist campaign for enosis that he had led since his secret return to the island in 1971.

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Makarios at once plunged into the enosis movement, calling for union of Cyprus with Greece, and staged an island-wide plebiscite in which Greek Cypriots voted 97% for enosis.

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Just how widespread the urge for enosis is among Cypriots is a matter of dispute.

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It was not Harding who fired first, however, but Greek Orthodox Archbishop Myriarthefs Makarios, spiritual leader of the island's 410,000 Greek Cypriots and temporal leader of the enosis movement.

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Grivas dangles over His Beatitude's head a document allegedly signed by the prelate in 1954, swearing to fight for enosis until death.

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