Kyrenian

From Kyrenia +‎ -an.

Kyrenian (comparative more Kyrenian, superlative most Kyrenian)

1. Of, from or relating to Kyrenia.
   • 1907, Adrian Fortescue, “The Church of Cyprus”, in The Orthodox Eastern Church, London: Catholic Truth Society […], →OCLC, part IV (The Orthodox Church at the Present Day), chapter X (The Constitution of the Orthodox Church), page 292:

     The Kyrenian party tried to get a majority by filling the third see, Paphos, with one of their friends.

   • 1974 July 21, Terence Smith, “The Nicosia Battle Scene: Shells, Bombs, Paratroops”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2022:

     The firing in Nicosia began shortly before 6 A.M. when Greek Cypriote antiaircraft guns opened up on flights of Turkish transports sweeping in over the Kyrenian mountain range.

   • 1974 August 12, “CYPRUS: Trying to Make Peace”, in Time‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 December 2024:

     In political talks in Geneva, the Turkish government delayed attempts to scale down its Cyprus force and took advantage of the situation by broadening its Kyrenian beachhead in open defiance of a ceasefire agreement.

   • 2001 October 12, Ben West, “Seven days of solitude”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014:

     Because of their stunning locations and the absolute solitude, a visit to the elusive mountain monasteries of the Kyrenian range can be a magical experience, the expectation heightened by the effort it takes to reach them.

   • 2010 September 17, “Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Corner”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[4], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 September 2010:

     One day he was flying over the Kyrenian range with UN forces and carrying their markings when he received a radio message saying that a Greek boy had been badly injured during the factional strife in the area.

Kyrenian (plural Kyrenians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Kyrenia.
   • 1907, Adrian Fortescue, “The Church of Cyprus”, in The Orthodox Eastern Church, London: Catholic Truth Society […], →OCLC, part IV (The Orthodox Church at the Present Day), chapter X (The Constitution of the Orthodox Church), page 292:

     My Lord of Kyrenia is a very pious Churchman and godly bishop. His enemies say that he is a poor, weak creature, quite unfit to guide the Cypriote Church. All the Philhellenes are for him of Kition; the English Government would prefer the Kyrenian.

   • 2003 December 19, Justin Keay, “Friendly visits to 'the other side' multiply with lifting of travel ban”, in The New York Times‎^[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 November 2025:

     "When you grow up by the sea and spend the first 23 years of your life there, it is hard to forget the memories. I will always be a Kyrenian but feel Turkey has taken away a large part of me," she [Titina Loizidou] said, relaxing in her south Nicosia home, only a 20-minute drive from her old home in Kyrenia.

   • 2017, Marina Christofides, “YES and NO”, in The Traitors’ Club: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 143:

     “I bet you wouldn’t be supporting the plan if you were from Kyrenia,” screeches one woman caller hysterically. […] And what about the percentage who would also be going back but under Turkish Cypriot rule? Just because not all Kyrenians would go back, should nobody go back?

From Kyrene +‎ -ian.

Kyrenian (comparative more Kyrenian, superlative most Kyrenian)

1. Alternative spelling of Cyrenian.
   • 1890, Cecil [Harcourt-]Smith, “A Protokorinthian Lekythos in the British Museum”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume XI, London: […] Council [of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies], and sold […] by Macmillan and Co., […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 177:

     On a Kyrenian cup from Naukratis in the British Museum (as yet unpublished) we have the early scheme of the Greek type; […]

   • 1966, Mary Renault [pseudonym; Eileen Mary Challans], chapter XV, in The Mask of Apollo, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 243:

     Of course the Archon’s Kyrenian guests have written too, praising their host’s progress in philosophy, and his devotion to Plato’s doctrines—which means without doubt that he's been expounding half-baked versions which Plato would die to hear.

   • 2003, John H. Kunkel, “Hekademos”, in The Winged Soul: Plato’s Autobiography, Philadelphia, Pa.: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 259:

     Within a few days I initiated the sale of some property to pay back my Kyrenian friend, but before I could complete the documents my relatives and friends had collected silver and credits to equal Annikeris’ expense.

Kyrenian (plural Kyrenians)

1. Alternative spelling of Cyrenian.
   • 1884, J[ohn] W[esley] Hanson, transl., “Part VIII. The Fourth Passover; Our Lord’s Passion. […]”, in The New Covenant: […], volume I (The Four Gospels), Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: The Universalist Publishing House, →OCLC, Matthew xxvii:31–32, page 327:

     And as they came out, they met a Kyrenian, named Simon, whom they impressed, to carry his [Jesus’s] cross.

   • 1966, Mary Renault [pseudonym; Eileen Mary Challans], chapter XIV, in The Mask of Apollo, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233:

     Kyrenians, mostly, from the school of Aristippos. Like him, they equate the good with pleasure, but define their terms less carefully.

   • 2006, Duncan Sprott, “Feasting”, in Daughter of the Crocodile (Ptolemies Quartet; 2), London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, part 2 (Husband-Slayer Berenike Beta), page 238:

     Seshat has heard tell of a republican party, that gained the upper hand, for the Kyrenians who were not such great lovers of Magas and monarchy invited two philosophers, Ekdelos and Demophanes, men of Megalopolis, a city in south-west Arcadia, to take charge of the state.