Syria

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 ).
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”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsy.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.ri.a]
• Older: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊ.ri.a]
• Newer: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.ri.a]

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 )
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^[1]
• “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

Unadapted borrowing from English Syria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsirja/ [ˈsi.rja]

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”)

Syria

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

• syrer
• syrisk

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

Weak:

• 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.

• 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)