Syria

From Middle English Sirie, from Latin Sȳria, from Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Suríā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”) and hence originally synonymous to Assyria.

• enPR: sĭrʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹi.ə/

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• Hyphenation: Syr‧ia
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Syria

1. A country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
2. (historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria).
3. (historical) An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE.

• Greater Syria

• Assyria
• Assyrian
• Syriac
• Syrian

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• United Arab Republic

• syair

• Suria, Siria

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā, “Syria”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ʏriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈsiːriä]
• Older: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ʊriä]
• Newer: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ɪriä]

Syria f sg (genitive Syriae); first declension

1. (historical) An ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria
2. (historical) An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE
3. (transferred sense) Assyria
4. (New Latin) Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Asturian: Siria
• Catalan: Síria
• French: Syrie
• → Irish: An tSiria
• Italian: Siria
• Portuguese: Síria
• Spanish: Siria

• “Sȳrĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Syria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Syria”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “Syria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Syria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Syria

1. Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

• syrer
• syrisk

Syria

1. Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

• syrar
• syrisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɨrja
• Syllabification: Sy‧ria

Syria f

1. Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

• Syria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Syria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Syria f

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Síria.