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Greek is the national language of Cyprus, but English is spoken almost
everywhere.
AGIA - Saint (female)
AGIOS - Saint (male)
KATO - Lower
LEOFOROS - Avenue
PANAGIA - The Blessed Virgin Mary
PANO - Upper
PETRA - Stone
PLATEIA - Square
STAVROS - Cross
Pronunciation
ai - as in egg
oi, ei, y - as in India
ou - as in t our
ch - as in home
d - as in there
Names of places have been converted into Latin characters according to
the official System of Transliteration of the Greek alphabet. i.e.
LEFKOSIA=NICOSIA, LEMESOS=LIMASSOL, AMMOCHOSTOS=FAMAGUSTA.
10 Common Word/Terms
Good morning
Good evening
Good night
Hello/goodbye
Please
Thank you
Yes
No
How are you
Cheers
Sounds Like
kallee-meh-ra
kallee-speh-ra
kallee-neekh-ta
Yah sou
Para-ka-lo
ef-khari-sto
neh
o-khee
tee kah-nees
yah mas |