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Any link between curium and Cyprus; probable a confusion with copper.
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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..
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.
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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"
i think the island of Cyprus
From the Latin word cyprium, after the island of Cyprus
it was a roman who visited cyprus
The origin of the word Copper is Latin for Cuprum: From the isle of Cyprus, which is famed for it's Copper mines.
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.