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*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|سُورْيا|f|tr=sūrya}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|سُورْيا|f|tr=sūrya}}
* Aramaic:
* Aramaic:
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*: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ|f|tr=suriya}}
*: Classical Syriac: {{t|syc|ܣܘܪܝܐ|f|tr=sūrīā}}, {{t|syc|ܫܐܡ|f|tr=šām}}, {{t|syc|ܐܪܡ|f|tr=ʾārām}}
*: Classical Syriac: {{t|syc|ܣܘܪܝܐ|f|tr=sūrīā}}, {{t|syc|ܫܐܡ|f|tr=šām}}, {{t|syc|ܐܪܡ|f|tr=ʾārām}}
*: Jewish Aramaic: {{t|arc|סוּרְיָא|f|tr=sūryā}}
*: Jewish Aramaic: {{t|arc|סוּרְיָא|f|tr=sūryā}}
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*: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ|f|tr=suriya}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|Սիրիա}}, {{t|hy|Ասորիք}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|Սիրիա}}, {{t|hy|Ասորիք}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|চিৰিয়া}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|চিৰিয়া}}
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*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚}}
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚|tr=Si-li-á, Si-li-â}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚|tr=Si-li-á, Si-li-â}}
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*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚|tr=Sū-lī-a, Su-lī-a}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚}}
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*: Min Nan: {{t|nan|敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚|tr=Sū-lī-a, Su-lī-a}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ|f}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ|f}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|Suriye}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|Suriye}}

Revision as of 04:07, 14 March 2024

See also: Sýria

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Syria f sg (genitive Syriae); first declension

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Syria
Genitive Syriae
Dative Syriae
Accusative Syriam
Ablative Syriā
Vocative Syria

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • “Syria”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2]
    • “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

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia no

    Proper noun

    Syria

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

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    Proper noun

    Syria

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

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Syria f

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

    Declension

    Declension of Syria
    singular
    nominative Syria
    genitive Syrii
    dative Syrii
    accusative Syrię
    instrumental Syrią
    locative Syrii
    vocative Syrio

    Derived terms

    adjective
    nouns

    Further reading

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

    Portuguese

    Proper noun

    Syria f

    1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Síria.
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