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The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean was the chief source of copper in the ancient Mediterranean and Mesopotamian world. This is reflected in its name which comes from the same root as copper. ("Copper in Latin is "''cyprium''", or in full: "''cyprium aes''", literally "metal of Cyprus".)(1)

The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean was the chief source of copper in the ancient Mediterranean and Mesopotamian world. This is reflected in its name which comes from the same root as copper. ("Copper in Latin is "''cyprium''", or in full: "''cyprium aes''", literally "metal of Cyprus".)(1)

(1) The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

 

# The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

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