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Q: What is the link between Cyprus and copper?
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When was the curium in Cyprus made?

Any link between curium and Cyprus; probable a confusion with copper.


What element is in Cyprus?

copper


What is the name of the metal that comes from the Latin for Cyprus metal?

Copper ( Cu ) from the latin cuprum. Derived from the latin for Cyprus metal because the island of Cyprus was a major source of copper at the time..


How did copper get its name?

From the Latin word cyprium, after the island of Cyprus, by the ancient Romans, because so much of it was mined there.'Copper' is a corruption from the Latin 'aes Cyprium', "the metal of Cyprus", Cyprus having been an important source of copper for the Romans.


What element was named after the island of Cyprus?

Copper


What chemical element was named after country Cyprus?

copper


What was Cyprus importance in the sixteenth century?

Cyprus had strategic importance as a possible base against Turkey. From ancient times it had been an important source of copper, so much so that the name of the island is the same word as "copper"


Where can you usually find the element Copper?

i think the island of Cyprus


Where did copper get its name from?

From the Latin word cyprium, after the island of Cyprus


Who was the first person to use copper?

it was a roman who visited cyprus


Is copper a Latin or English word?

The origin of the word Copper is Latin for Cuprum: From the isle of Cyprus, which is famed for it's Copper mines.


What is the Cyprus flag?

The flag of Cyprus is very unusual in that it contains a map of the country. It is a copper coloured map of Cyprus on a white background with two olive branches underneath.