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Syria

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See also: Sýria
Syria in the middle east

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: sĭrʹē-ə, IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹi.ə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Syr‧ia
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

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Syria

  1. A country in West Asia, in the Middle East. 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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Syria f sg (genitive Syriae); first declension

  1. (historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria)
  2. (historical) Syria (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)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Syria
genitive Syriae
dative Syriae
accusative Syriam
ablative Syriā
vocative Syria

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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  • 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[1]
  • 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

Malay

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Syria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsirja/ [ˈsi.rja]

Proper noun

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Syria (Jawi spelling سيريا)

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

Synonyms

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  • (Indonesian, Indonesian Malay) Suriah

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Syria

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Syria

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Syria.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Syria m

  1. Syria

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative Syria
accusative Syrian
genitive Syrian
dative Syrian

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Syria f

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Syria f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Síria.

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Syria f (not mutable)

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

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Syria
radical soft nasal aspirate
Syria unchanged unchanged unchanged