Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia or Lefkoşa, is the capital of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost capital city among European Union member states. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern
Limassol, also known as Lemesos, is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus. Limassol is the most populated municipality in Cyprus, with a population of 108,105 and is the second-largest urban area in
Nicosia
…and Turkish Lefkoşa (). The Latin and English name Nicosia emerged during the medieval Lusignan period, around the same time that the Cypriot port of Limassol replaced its initial N with an L for similarly unclear reasons. Hill cites several earlier examples of interchanging /l/ and /n/ as far back as the…