an island lying in the eastern Mediterranean about 80 km (50 miles) south of the Turkish coast; pop. 1,084,700 (est. 2009); official languages, Greek and Turkish; capital, Nicosia.
塞浦路斯(地中海东部一岛,北距土耳其海岸约80公里,即50英里,2009年估计人口1,084,700,官方语言希腊语和土耳其语,首都尼科西亚)。