The earliest attested reference to Cyprus is the 15th century BC Mycenaean Greek ku-pi-ri-jo,[29] meaning "Cypriot," written in Linear B syllabic script.[30] The classical Greek form of the name is Κ?προς Kýpros.
Rujuakan tapicayo nan paliang mulo adolah Mycenaean Greek dari abaik ka-15 SM ku-pi-ri-jo,[3] aratinyo "Siprus" (Yunani: Κύπριος), ditulih dalam Linear B.[4] Bantuak Yunani klasik dari namonyo adolah Κύπρος (Kpros).