Paphos

[ pey-fos ]

noun

1. an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
2. Also Pa·phus [] Classical Mythology. the son of Pygmalion, who inherited the throne of Cyprus.

Paphos

¹

/ ˈpeɪfɒs; ˈpeɪfəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the son of Pygmalion and Galatea, who succeeded his father on the throne of Cyprus

Paphos

²

/ ˈpafɒs /

noun

1. a town in SW Cyprus, near the sites of two ancient cities: famous as the centre of Aphrodite worship and traditionally the place at which she landed after her birth among the waves. Pop: 53 060 (2001)

Example Sentences

The traumas of that horror-filled day are what Bassis — along with some 50 other young survivors of the rave attack — has tried to come to terms with during a five-day retreat at Secret Forest, a site owned by Israel in the hills above Cyprus’ southwestern coastal resort town of Paphos.

From Seattle Times

After spending more than 19 months on trial and in custody in Nicosia prison, when the Assize Court of Paphos finally found David Hunter not guilty of murder in July and sentenced him for manslaughter resulting in his immediate release, we thought that the legal proceedings were over for him.

From BBC

Police said the trafficking suspects were arrested at various locations in the western Paphos district on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime, being members of a criminal organisation, trafficking and money laundering.

From Reuters

Mr Hobbs and Ms Skellon then shared lockdown together in Ferndown, Dorset, along with her daughter, and the couple are set to marry in Paphos, Cyprus, in September.

From BBC

The murder trial was then held in Paphos before three judges agreed it was "not a case of premeditated murder" and Mr Hunter "acted spontaneously" to kill his wife after she was "begging him to do so because of the pain she was under", Justice Abroad said.

From BBC