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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Syria
- A country in Western Asia. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.
- (historical) An Ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE.
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Translations[edit]
country in Western Asia
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See also[edit]
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- United Arab Republic
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā, “Syria”).
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ʏriä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈsiːriä]
- Older: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ʊriä]
- Newer: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈs̠ɪriä]
Proper noun[edit]
Syria f sg (genitive Syriae); first declension
- Syria (region in the ancient Near East, loosely corresponding to modern Syria)
- (transferred sense) Assyria
- (New Latin) Syria (modern country)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Syria |
Genitive | Syriae |
Dative | Syriae |
Accusative | Syriam |
Ablative | Syriā |
Vocative | Syria |
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Descendants[edit]
- Asturian: Siria
- Catalan: Síria
- French: Syrie
- → Irish: An tSiria
- Italian: Siria
- Portuguese: Síria
- Spanish: Siria
Further reading[edit]
- “Sȳrĭa”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Syria
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Syria
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Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Syria f
Declension[edit]
Declension of Syria
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
adjective
Further reading[edit]
- Syria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Syria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Syria f
- Obsolete spelling of Síria
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