Polystypos
Sign in to savePolystypos (), sometimes also spelled Polystipos, is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located near Chandria. The origin of the name comes from "Poly" meaning "very" and “stypes” meaning "vines". Therefore Polystypos means a location with many vineyards.
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- Part of
- Nicosia District
- Official name
- Πολύστυπος
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Nicosia District
- Population
- 128
- Area
- 2.4906
- Elevation
- 1090
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Agros
- Official website
- www.polystipos.org
- Image
- ZyPolystypos.jpg
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- native label
- Πολύστυπος
- Commons category
- Polystypos
- located in the religious territorial entity
- Diocese of Morphou
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Polystypos (), sometimes also spelled Polystipos, is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located near Chandria. The origin of the name comes from "Poly" meaning "very" and “stypes” meaning "vines". Therefore Polystypos means a location with many vineyards.
== History == Polystypos's name means "a location with many vines", referring to the many vineyards that it used to be home to. The number of vineyards in the area decreased significantly in the 18th century after a tax was imposed on wine production.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polystypos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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