# Nicosia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌnɪkoʊˈsiə/ · frequency rank #48,924

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
2. A district of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus around the city.
3. A comune in Enna province, Sicily, Italy.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.

## Easily confused with
- **Nicola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicola-vs-nicosia)

## Common misspellings (9)
`incosia`, `nciosia`, `niccosia`, `nicoisa`, `nicosai`, `nicossia`, `nicsoia`, `niocsia`, `nnicosia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nicosia