Syria
See also: Sýria
English
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
Proper noun
Syria
- A country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
- (historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria).
- (historical) An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
country in Western Asia
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See also
- 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
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā, “Syria”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ʏriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈsiːriä]
- Older: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ʊriä]
- Newer: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ɪriä]
Proper noun
Syria f sg (genitive Syriae); first declension
- (historical) An ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria
- (historical) An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE
- (transferred sense) Assyria
- (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
Proper noun
Syria
- Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Syria
- Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Syria f
- Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
Declension
Declension of Syria
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
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Síria.
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:English/ɪɹiə
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- English lemmas
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- en:Syria
- en:Countries in Asia
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- English terms with historical senses
- en:Historical and traditional regions
- en:Provinces of the Roman Empire
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- English exonyms
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- New Latin
- la:Syria
- la:Countries in Asia
- la:Countries
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Syria
- nb:Countries in Asia
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Syria
- nn:Countries in Asia
- nn:Countries
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɘrja
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- pl:Syria
- pl:Countries in Asia
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- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese feminine nouns
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