cyrus

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n.pr. Sirüs, Kurus; ~ (der Große) tkinci Kurus; Keyhüsrev
English - English
An ancient king of Persia
A male given name
Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC); (synonym) Cyrus the Younger
known as Cyrus the Great born 585, Media or Persis died 529, Asia Conqueror who founded the Achaemenian Empire (see Achaemenian dynasty). The grandson of Cyrus I (fl. late 7th century BC), he came to power by overthrowing his maternal grandfather, the king of the Medes. The empire he developed was thenceforth centered on Persia and included Media, Ionia, Lydia, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine. Cyrus conquered by diplomacy as well as by force. The subject of a rich legend in Persia and Greece (recorded by Xenophon and others), he was called the father of his people. He appears in the Bible as the liberator of the Jews held captive in Babylon. He died battling nomads in Central Asia. His legacy is the founding not only of an empire but of a culture and civilization that continued to expand after his death and lasted for two centuries. He exerted a strong influence on the Greeks and Alexander the Great. Awarded heroic qualities in legend, he has long been revered by Persians almost as a religious figure. In 1971 Iran celebrated the 2,500th anniversary of his founding of the monarchy. Curtis Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Cyrus II Cyrus the Great Eaton Cyrus Stephen McCormick Cyrus Hall Vance Cyrus Roberts
given name, male, from Persian
Ancient king of Persia, also mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. 36: 22, etc)
{i} Koresh, king of Persia; Persian prince; male first name; family name; village in Minnesota (USA)
Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)

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Cyrus Curtis
born June 18, 1850, Portland, Maine, U.S. died June 7, 1933, Wyncote, Pa. U.S. publisher. Curtis began publishing a local weekly in Portland. When fire destroyed his plant, he moved to Boston; there he published The People's Ledger magazine, which he continued after his move to Philadelphia in 1876. In 1879 he founded The Tribune and Farmer, from the women's section of which he formed the Ladies' Home Journal. In 1890 he organized the Curtis Publishing Co. Later acquisitions included The Saturday Evening Post (1897) and several newspapers. His daughter Mary Louise (1876-1970) founded the Curtis Institute of Music and named it for her father
Cyrus Hall McCormick
born Feb. 15, 1809, Rockbridge county, Va., U.S. died May 13, 1884, Chicago, Ill. U.S. industrialist and inventor. He is generally credited with the development (from 1831) of the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized the harvesting of grain. By 1850 the McCormick reaper was known throughout the U.S.; its prizes and honours, including the Grand Medal of Honour at the 1855 Paris exposition, made it famous around the world. In 1902 the McCormick Harvesting Co. joined with other companies to form International Harvester Co., with McCormick's son Cyrus, Jr., as its first president
Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Curtis
born June 18, 1850, Portland, Maine, U.S. died June 7, 1933, Wyncote, Pa. U.S. publisher. Curtis began publishing a local weekly in Portland. When fire destroyed his plant, he moved to Boston; there he published The People's Ledger magazine, which he continued after his move to Philadelphia in 1876. In 1879 he founded The Tribune and Farmer, from the women's section of which he formed the Ladies' Home Journal. In 1890 he organized the Curtis Publishing Co. Later acquisitions included The Saturday Evening Post (1897) and several newspapers. His daughter Mary Louise (1876-1970) founded the Curtis Institute of Music and named it for her father
Cyrus II
King of Persia (550-529) and founder of the Persian Empire who conquered Lydia and Babylon. Tolerant in religious matters, he allowed the worship of native gods and permitted the exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem (537)
Cyrus Roberts Vance
v. born March 27, 1917, Clarksburg, W.Va., U.S. died Jan. 12, 2002, New York, N.Y. U.S. public official. After receiving his law degree from Yale University in 1942, he enlisted in the navy and served until 1946, when he joined a law firm in New York City. He was appointed general counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense in 1960. In 1962 he became secretary of the army, and in 1963 Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson named him deputy secretary of defense. Initially a vigorous supporter of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, his viewed changed after his resignation in 1967, and by 1968 he was urging Johnson to stop the bombing of North Vietnam. In that year he was sent to Paris with W. Averell Harriman to negotiate peace with the North Vietnamese. As secretary of state (1977-80) under Pres. Jimmy Carter, he worked to obtain the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II) arms-control treaty and was instrumental in the Camp David accords. He resigned in 1980 in protest of Carter's plan to send a secret military mission to rescue American hostages held in Tehrn, Iran (see Iran hostage crisis)
Cyrus S Eaton
born Dec. 27, 1883, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Can. died May 9, 1979, near Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. U.S.-Canadian industrialist and philanthropist. Entering business in 1907, he built several electric-power plants in western Canada and soon diversified into other utilities, banking, and steel in the U.S. In 1930 he merged several steel companies to form Republic Steel, the third-largest U.S. steel company. He lost most of his fortune in the Great Depression but subsequently made another one. An advocate of nuclear disarmament and improved Soviet-U.S. relations, he helped inaugurate the Pugwash Conferences in 1957
Cyrus Stephen Eaton
born Dec. 27, 1883, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Can. died May 9, 1979, near Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. U.S.-Canadian industrialist and philanthropist. Entering business in 1907, he built several electric-power plants in western Canada and soon diversified into other utilities, banking, and steel in the U.S. In 1930 he merged several steel companies to form Republic Steel, the third-largest U.S. steel company. He lost most of his fortune in the Great Depression but subsequently made another one. An advocate of nuclear disarmament and improved Soviet-U.S. relations, he helped inaugurate the Pugwash Conferences in 1957
Cyrus Vance
v. born March 27, 1917, Clarksburg, W.Va., U.S. died Jan. 12, 2002, New York, N.Y. U.S. public official. After receiving his law degree from Yale University in 1942, he enlisted in the navy and served until 1946, when he joined a law firm in New York City. He was appointed general counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense in 1960. In 1962 he became secretary of the army, and in 1963 Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson named him deputy secretary of defense. Initially a vigorous supporter of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, his viewed changed after his resignation in 1967, and by 1968 he was urging Johnson to stop the bombing of North Vietnam. In that year he was sent to Paris with W. Averell Harriman to negotiate peace with the North Vietnamese. As secretary of state (1977-80) under Pres. Jimmy Carter, he worked to obtain the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II) arms-control treaty and was instrumental in the Camp David accords. He resigned in 1980 in protest of Carter's plan to send a secret military mission to rescue American hostages held in Tehrn, Iran (see Iran hostage crisis)
cyrus ii
king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC)
cyrus

    Hyphenation

    Cy·rus

    Turkish pronunciation

    sayrıs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsīrəs/ /ˈsaɪrəs/

    Etymology

    (biographical name.) From Latin Cyrus Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kuros) Old Persian
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