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Pyla

Pyla \Py"la\ n.; pl. L. Pyl[ae], E. Pylas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an entrance.] (Anat.) The passage between the iter and optoc[oe]le in the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.

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pyla

n. (context anatomy English) The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.

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Pyla

Pyla (; ) is a village in Larnaca District, Cyprus. It is one of only four villages located within the United Nations Buffer Zone, the other three being Athienou, Troulloi and Deneia. Pyla is located in the eastern part of the island, adjacent to the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia. From a legal point of view, it is administered as all other areas controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus.

The village is special in the respect that it is the only settlement in Cyprus still inhabited by both its original Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot inhabitants. 850 of the inhabitants are Greek Cypriots and 487 are Turkish Cypriots. The village has three churches and one mosque.

Pyla- Kokkinokremos is an archaeological site.

Usage examples of "pyla".

If Dessa began her career known as a friend of Pyla, she would have few enemies.

There was gold to be sent to Bora, Dessa, Pyla, Rhafi, and a half-score of others.

Web was feeling just barely civil toward females, but he offered Pyla his politest smile.

More powder still came from Arcachon and from the villages of Le Teste, Pyla and Le Moulleau.

Dumarest rose as Nadine leaned towards him and moved to where the pylas rested in its case.

Chaldean architects knew the effect to be gained by spacing the Holy of Holies at a distance from the temple pylae, and the Cro-Magnard magicians with malice aforethought painted their marvelous animal scenes only in the most inaccessible crannies of their limestone caves.

If Dessa truly wanted to queen it over a tavern, best send her to Pyla.

If Dessa began her career known as a friend of Pyla, she would have few enemies.