Syria

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Syria

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From Middle English Sirie, from Latin Sȳria, from Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā), 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

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

• Assyria
• Assyrian
• Syriac
• Syrian

• Countries of the world

• United Arab Republic

• syair

• Suria, Siria

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā, “Syria”).

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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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Asturian: Siria
• Catalan: Síria
• French: Syrie
• → Irish: An tSiria
• Italian: Siria
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Siria, Syria
  • Fala: Siria
  • Galician: Siria
  • Portuguese: Síria (see there for further descendants)
• Romanian: Siria
• 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

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

Syria

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Unadapted borrowing from English Syria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsirja/

Syria (Jawi spelling سيريا)

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

• (Indonesian, Indonesian Malay) Suriah

• Republik Arab Syria (“Arab Republic of Syria”)

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Syria

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Syria

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

• syrer
• syrisk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Syria

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Syria

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

• syrar
• syrisk

Borrowed from Latin Syria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ri.ɑ/

Syria m

1. Syria

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Syria

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsɘ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɘrja
• 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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Síria.

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Syria

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsərja/

Syria f (not mutable)

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

• Syrieg (“Syriac language”)
• Syriad (“Syrian person”)
• Syriaidd (“Syrian”, adjective)