柯里敘利亞

Chinese

phonetic phonetic
trad. (柯里敘利亞) 敘利亞
simp. (柯里叙利亚) 叙利亚

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κοίλη Συρία (Koílē Suría, literally hollow Syria).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Kēlǐ Xùlìyà, Kēlǐ Xùlìyǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄩˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄩˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): o1 lei5 zeoi6 lei6 aa3

Proper noun

柯里敘利亞

  1. Coele-Syria (an ancient Hellenistic region in modern Syria, referring to the Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains)
  2. Coele-Syria (a former province of the Late Roman Empire, in existence from 198 to c. 400 AD)