Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cyprus \Cy"prus\ (s?"pr?s), n. [OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so
   named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. {Cipers}.]
   A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to,
   crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most
   common, and used for mourning. [Obs.]

         Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was
         crow.                                    --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

Cyprus
     n 1: a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of
          Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin [syn: {Republic
          of Cyprus}]
     2: an island in the eastern Mediterranean