Gypsou

Gypsou, sometimes also Gypsos meaning Gypsum, (Greek:Γύψου, Turkish:Akova) is a village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near the town of Lefkoniko.

The village got its name from a small hill about 1 mile to the north. From this hill the locals produced Plaster of Paris, commonly known as Gypsum hence the name Gypsos.