What does enosis mean?
Definitions for enosis
ɪˈnoʊ sɪs, iˈnoʊ-eno·sis
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Princeton's WordNet
enosisnoun
the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)
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Enosisnoun
A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
Etymology: Ένωσις.
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Enosis
Enosis (Greek: Ένωσις, IPA: [ˈenosis], "union") is the movement of various Greek communities that live outside Greece for incorporation of the regions that they inhabit into the Greek state. The idea is related to the Megali Idea, an irredentist concept of a Greek state that dominated Greek politics following the creation of modern Greece in 1830. The Megali Idea called for the annexation of all ethnic Greek lands, parts of which had participated in the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s but were unsuccessful and so remained under foreign rule. A widely known example of enosis is the movement within Greek Cypriots for a union of Cyprus with Greece. The idea of enosis in British-ruled Cyprus became associated with the campaign for Cypriot self-determination, especially among the island's Greek Cypriot majority. However, many Turkish Cypriots opposed enosis without taksim, the partitioning of the island between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. In 1960, the Republic of Cyprus was born, resulting in neither enosis nor taksim. Around then, Cypriot intercommunal violence occurred in response to the different objectives, and the continuing desire for enosis resulted in the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état in an attempt to achieve it. It, however, prompted Turkey into launching the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which led to partition and the current Cyprus dispute.
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enosis
Enosis is a Greek word that means 'union'. In historical and political context, it specifically refers to the movement that seeks to unite Greek populated regions, areas or islands with Greece. This term is mostly associated with the idea of Cyprus' unification with Greece.
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Enosis
Enosis refers to the movement of the Greek-Cypriot population to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece. During the past the same term was used in various times and places to denote movements among Greek populations remaining outside the boundaries of the Kingdom of Greece as originally created in 1830, who aspired to be incorporated in that kingdom. Movements calling for Enosis were popular in Crete, Ionian Islands and Dodecanese, culminating with their achieving their aim and joining Greece. Calls for Enosis among Greeks in Asia Minor ended far more tragically, with these Greeks being expelled en masse at the end of the Greco-Turkish War. In modern times, apart from Cyprus, the call for Enosis is adopted among part of the Greeks living in southern Albania/Northern Epirus.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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