Syria
See also: Sýria
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Syria, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”) and hence originally synonymous to Assyria.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Syria
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.
- (historical) An Ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE.
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Translations
country in the Middle East
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See also
See also
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā, “Syria”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsyː.ri.a/, [ˈs̠yːriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ri.a/, [ˈsiːriä]
Proper noun
Sȳria f sg (genitive Sȳriae); first declension
- Syria (region in the ancient Near East, loosely corresponding to modern Syria)
- (transferred sense) Assyria
- (New Latin) Syria (modern country)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sȳria |
Genitive | Sȳriae |
Dative | Sȳriae |
Accusative | Sȳriam |
Ablative | Sȳriā |
Vocative | Sȳria |
Derived terms
References
- “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
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Syria
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Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Syria f
Declension
Declension of Syria
Derived terms
Portuguese
Proper noun
Syria f
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