Editing Larnaca (section)

== Name ==
The name ''Larnaca'' originates from the [[Ancient Greek]] noun {{lang|grc|λάρναξ}} {{Transliteration|grc|[[larnax]]}} 'coffer, box; chest, e.g. for household stores; cinerary urn, sarcophagus, coffin; drinking trough, chalice'. An informal etymology attributes the origin of the name to the many ''larnakes'' ([[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]) that have been found in the area.<ref>"The great number of sarcophagoi (larnakes) found at Larnaca may have given to the modern city its name." Excerpt of wall mounted text at [[Larnaca District Archaeological Museum|Larnaca District Museum]], under the title "Kition: The necropolis"</ref> Sophocles Hadjisavvas, a state archeologist, states that "[the city's U.S.] consul of the last quarter of the 19th century, claimed to have explored more than 3,000 tombs in the area of Larnaca, so-called after the immense number of sarcophagi found in the modern town".<ref>[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/wl/publications/2012/hadjisavvas.html The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111945/http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/wl/publications/2012/hadjisavvas.html |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

The city is also colloquially known as “Skala” from the Greek noun σκάλα, meaning ladder. In Turkish it has been translated to İskele. This name referred to the historic port of the city,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ITiCSE 2018 |url=https://iticse.acm.org/ITiCSE2018/Larnaca.html#:~:text=Apart%20from%20Larnaca,%20the%20city,trading%20activity%20of%20the%20port. |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=iticse.acm.org}}</ref> though now it is the name of the area which surrounds it, in which the Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the city lived in prior to the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]]. After which they migrated to [[Trikomo, Cyprus|Trikomo]], which was later renamed to Yeni İskele (meaning “New Skala”), in honour of their origins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRIO |url=http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=627 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net}}</ref>