Paphos

[pey-fos]

noun

1. an ancient city in SW Cyprus.

2. Classical Mythology.,  Also Paphus the son of Pygmalion, who inherited the throne of Cyprus.

Paphos

¹

/ ˈpafɒs /

noun

1. a town in SW Cyprus, near the sites of two ancient cities: famous as the centre of Aphrodite worship and traditionally the place at which she landed after her birth among the waves. Pop: 53 060 (2001)

Paphos

²

/ ˈpeɪfɒs, ˈpeɪfəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the son of Pygmalion and Galatea, who succeeded his father on the throne of Cyprus

Example Sentences

Cyprus's ANT1 news outlet said the suspect was thought to have had RAF Akrotiri under surveillance, as well as Cyprus's own Andreas Papandreou Air Base in the western region of Paphos since mid-April.

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The traumas of that horror-filled day are what Bassis — along with some 50 other young survivors of the rave attack — has tried to come to terms with during a five-day retreat at Secret Forest, a site owned by Israel in the hills above Cyprus’ southwestern coastal resort town of Paphos.

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After spending more than 19 months on trial and in custody in Nicosia prison, when the Assize Court of Paphos finally found David Hunter not guilty of murder in July and sentenced him for manslaughter resulting in his immediate release, we thought that the legal proceedings were over for him.

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Police said the trafficking suspects were arrested at various locations in the western Paphos district on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime, being members of a criminal organisation, trafficking and money laundering.

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Mr Hobbs and Ms Skellon then shared lockdown together in Ferndown, Dorset, along with her daughter, and the couple are set to marry in Paphos, Cyprus, in September.

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