AYIA NAPA, the tourist paradise of Cyprus, with its lovely golden beaches, clear seawaters and its pleasant and warm-hearted inhabitants has maintained simplicity of life, which is in full accord with the historic traditions of Cyprus. One may wonder where the name AYIA NAPA is derived from. As far as we know there is no saint that bears this name. The word Napa is archaic and it means woodland. In ancient times this area was uninhabited and was covered with a thick forest, visited only by hunters from the neighbouring villages.
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Famagusta is one great city that is believed to have been founded in the 11th century BC and after the influences of the many conquering nations notably the Romans the city was finally abandoned in 648 AD, following the combined catastrophe of earthquake and raids by pirates when the population moved to Famagusta.
The town was known as Arsinoe (after Arsinoe of Egypt) in antiquity, then Ammochostos (meaning “hidden in sand”) that is how it is today referred to in Greek. The same name developed into Famagusta, used in Western European languages and the Turkish name of Ammochostos (Gazi is a Turkish prefix meaning glorified).