Talk:Nicosia

Etymology
The previous entry claimed the Old French was a corruption and had the unsourced note
 * For a similar Old French corruption of initial, see (from a masculinized derivative of ).

That's possible, although it should be cited. Writing at length on the etymology of Limassol and Nicosia, though, George Hill (1939) points out that the argument for a l→n shift by the new Crusader landlords seems to entirely ignore that Limassol went the other way and the numerous other examples of /l/ and /n/ interchangeability by the locals going back to Phoenician. Seems more like a folk etym. pending more thorough sourcing. — LlywelynII  12:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)