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n. - The union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots).

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  • Ottoman rule and in favour of Greek enosis (unification), Turkey (to prevent Bulgaria from joining its Greek enemy) encouraged King
  • Among Greeks the word "unionist" is rendered as "enotist" — someone who supports enosis, or union, between Greece and John Bull's other European colony, Cyprus.
  • Grivas Digenis 'battles and the EOKA heroes, some as young as 15 years old, died for enosis not independence.
  • And the legendary Grivas Digenis 'battles and the EOKA heroes, some as young as 15 years old, died for enosis not independence.
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