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, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, 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