Paphos
[ pey-fos ]
/ ˈpeɪ fɒs /
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noun
an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
Also Pa·phus [pey-fuhs]. /ˈpeɪ fəs/. Classical Mythology. the son of Pygmalion, who inherited the throne of Cyprus.
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British Dictionary definitions for Paphos (1 of 2)
Paphos1
/ (ˈpafɒs) /
noun
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)
British Dictionary definitions for Paphos (2 of 2)
Paphos2
Paphus (ˈpeɪfəs)
/ (ˈpeɪfɒs) /
noun
Greek myth the son of Pygmalion and Galatea, who succeeded his father on the throne of Cyprus
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