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Chinese
Etymology
Attested in 海國圖志 (Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms) .
Earlier forms in the first half of the 19th century included 敘哩亞／叙哩亚, 敘里亞／叙里亚, 西利亞／西利亚, etc. Forms with 敘／叙 (xù) as the first syllable possibly derive from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
敘利亞
- Syria
1855, “使徒行傳”, in 新約全書, 香港英華書院, page 73:
居三月，欲舟行往敘利亞，猶太人計害之，遂定意過馬其頓而反。
居三月，欲舟行往叙利亚，犹太人计害之，遂定意过马其顿而反。 - Jū sān yuè, yù zhōu xíng wǎng Xùlìyà, Yóutàirén jì hài zhī, suì dìngyì guò mǎqídùn ér fǎn.
- And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
Adjective
敘利亞
- (Internet slang, figurative) chaotic, messy, dirty, bad
- 敘利亞成色／叙利亚成色 ― xùlìyà chéngsè ― in bad condition