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There are various explanations for that, but, the more possible one is that it took the name out of Kuprum, which meant Copper in the ancient era of Cyprus. And as the island was popular for the wealth amounts of Copper (which keeps until today), they used to call it the copper land, otherwise Kuprum. Through the ages the name had been alternated to several other between which Kubrus, and, ended to Cyprus (in Greek is Kypros).

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16y ago

sinasabing mula ito sa salitang Griyego para sa punong cypress. May nagsasabi namang ito ay mula sa salitang kypros, o tanso na saganang matatagpuan sa Cyprus. by:oShiN

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The island got its name from the Latin word for copper.

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