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. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.
2. (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]
• (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. Syria (region in the ancient Near East, loosely corresponding to modern Syria)
2. (transferred sense) Assyria
3. (New Latin) Syria (modern country)

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
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
• “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

• syrer
• syrisk

Syria

1. Syria

• syrar
• syrisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɨrja
• Syllabification: Sy‧ria

Syria f

1. Syria (a country in West Asia)

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

Syria f

1. Obsolete spelling of Síria