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Greek Cypriots may bear common Greek surnames, but there are some which are markedly Cypriot; there are some names which indicate place of birth or origin, or occupation, for example: Παφίτης (Paphitis), "from Paphos"; Καϊμακλιώτης (Kaimakliotis), "from Kaimakli"; Σκαρπάρης (Skarparis), "shoemaker"; Κωμοδρόμος (Komodromos), "smith".
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The Cypriot or Cypriote syllabary (also Classical Cypriot Syllabary) is a syllabic script used in Iron Age Cyprus, from about the 11th to the 4th centuries BCE, when it was replaced by the Greek alphabet. It has been suggested that the script remained in use as late as the 1st century BC. [1] A pioneer of that change was King Evagoras of Salamis.
A. Achilleos; Afendoulis; Afroudakis; Agathangelou; Aggelonitis; Alafouzos; Alexakis; Alexandris; Alexandrou; Alexiadis; Alexiou; Alexopoulos; Alexoudis; Alvanos ...
Family names may be patronymic in origin or else based on occupation, location, or personal characteristic. These origins are often indicated by prefixes or suffixes. Traditionally a woman used a feminine version of her father's family name, replacing it with a feminine version of her husband's family name on marriage.
Lazarus of Bethany, ordained by Paul and Barnabas as the first Bishop of Kition following his resurrection Makarios I , Archbishop of Cyprus (1854–1865) Makarios II , Archbishop (1947–1950)
The longest legible Cypro-Minoan inscription yet extant is a cylinder (19.10 = ##097 ENKO Arou 001) found at Enkomi in 1967 with 217 signs, dated to the Late Cypriot IIA–B period (14th century BC). In total, six cylinders have now been found, one at Enkomi and five at Kalavassos-Ayios Dimitrios.
Cypriot Syllabary is the Unicode block encoding the Cypriot syllabary, a writing system for Greek used in Cyprus from the 9th-3rd centuries BCE. Cypriot Syllabary [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)