How do you use Enosis in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like union, plus the exact meaning.
Enosis in a sentence
Enosis meaning
- Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece.
- A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
Synonyms of Enosis
Using Enosis
- The main meaning on this page is: Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece. | Any political movement aiming to incorporate Greek-populated areas currently outside Greece into Greece. | A political movement aiming to incorporate the island of Cyprus into Greece.
- Useful related words include: union.
- In the example corpus, enosis often appears in combinations such as: enosis union.
Context around Enosis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Enosis
- In this selection, "enosis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, demanding, 1950s, following, union and remained stand out and add context to how "enosis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and following enosis in 1864 and enosis remained an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "enosis" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with enosis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Enosis remained an ideological goal, despite being pushed significantly further down the political agenda. (14 words)
The Greek Cypriot population, meanwhile, had become hopeful that the British administration would lead to enosis. (16 words)
However the main goal was enosis with Greece which came after Eleftherios Venizelos 's constant opposition to Prince George's rule over Crete. (23 words)
However, after the uprising of 1931 when a group of Greek Cypriots burned down Government House in Nicosia demanding Enosis, the council was dissolved by the British and Jones’ grandfather and others were exiled or put under house arrest. (39 words)
It is a personal account of his time there during the 1950s “Enosis” (union) struggle on the eastern Mediterranean island to free it from British colonial rule and unite with Greece. (31 words)
Under British rule the island began to enjoy a period of increased free-speech, something which allowed further development of the Greek Cypriots' ideas of Enosis. (26 words)
Example sentences (8)
However, after the uprising of 1931 when a group of Greek Cypriots burned down Government House in Nicosia demanding Enosis, the council was dissolved by the British and Jones’ grandfather and others were exiled or put under house arrest.
It is a personal account of his time there during the 1950s “Enosis” (union) struggle on the eastern Mediterranean island to free it from British colonial rule and unite with Greece.
Actions during the short period that followed caused a strengthening of that Greek Cypriot desire to become part of Greece, known as Enosis ("Union").
During the British occupation, in 1814, the leprosarium was once again opened after renovations, and following Enosis in 1864 the leprosarium again saw occasional use.
Enosis remained an ideological goal, despite being pushed significantly further down the political agenda.
However the main goal was enosis with Greece which came after Eleftherios Venizelos 's constant opposition to Prince George's rule over Crete.
The Greek Cypriot population, meanwhile, had become hopeful that the British administration would lead to enosis.
Under British rule the island began to enjoy a period of increased free-speech, something which allowed further development of the Greek Cypriots' ideas of Enosis.
Common combinations with enosis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: