Nicosia is the capital city of Cyprus, an island country in the eastern Mediterranean. The city is old.

Nicosia是 the capital city of Cyprus賽普勒斯的首都，an island country in the eastern Mediterranean賽普勒斯是地中海東邊的一個島國。The city這座城市 is old歷史悠久。

Around it you can still see walls and buildings from the 1400s and 1500s, when Venice ruled there. People there have long made leather goods, pottery, and cloth.

Around it在城市周圍 you can still see walls and buildings你還能看到城牆和建築 from the 1400s and 1500s來自1400、1500年代，when Venice ruled there那時是威尼斯在統治那裡。People there那裡的人 have long made leather goods, pottery, and cloth長久以來製作皮革製品、陶器和布料。

Though actually the city has been split for a long time, with a Greek side and a Turkish side, so the tidy postcard picture is not the whole truth.

Though actually不過事實上 the city has been split for a long time這座城市已經分裂很久了，with a Greek side and a Turkish side一邊是希臘一邊是土耳其，so the tidy postcard picture is not the whole truth所以那種明信片式的整潔畫面並不是全部的真相。

Greek speakers call the same city Lefkosia. The English name Nicosia came through medieval Latin and French from that Greek name.

Greek speakers講希臘語的人 call the same city Lefkosia把同一座城市叫做Lefkosia。The English name Nicosia英文名字Nicosia came through medieval Latin and French是經由中世紀拉丁文和法文傳來的 from that Greek name源自那個希臘名字。

Scholars have tied the Greek name to words for white or for the poplar tree, plus a word for land — but the place is older still, and the earliest names look like Ledra. So the neat story is only part of the story.

Scholars學者們 have tied the Greek name把這個希臘名字連結到 to words for white or for the poplar tree白色或白楊樹這類詞，plus a word for land再加上一個表示土地的詞——but the place is older still但這個地方其實更古老，and the earliest names look like Ledra最早的名字看起來像是Ledra。So the neat story is only part of the story所以這個整齊的故事只是故事的一部分。