Syracuse

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Συρακοῦσαι (Surakoûsai); compare Latin Syracusae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹəkjuːz/
• (city in New York, local pronunciation): IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɹəkjus/

Proper noun

Syracuse (countable and uncountable, plural Syracuses)

1. A surname​.
2. A province of Sicily, Italy.
3. A city in Italy; the capital city of the province.
4. A city, the county seat of Onondaga County, New York.
5. Syracuse University (in New York)
6. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Kansas.
7. A city in Utah.
8. A city in Missouri.
9. A city in Nebraska.
10. A town in Indiana.
11. A village in Ohio.

Related terms

• Syracusan

Translations

province in Sicily

• Arabic: سِرْقُوسَة‎ f (sirqūsa), سيراقوسة‎ f
• Finnish: Syrakusa (fi)
• French: Syracuse (fr) f
• German: Syrakus (de)
• Italian: Siracusa (it) f

• Japanese: シラクサ (shirakusa)
• Latin: Syrācūsae f pl
• Portuguese: Siracusa f
• Sicilian: Sarausa f, Seragusa f
• Turkish: Siraküza

city and port in the province of Syracuse, Sicily

• Afrikaans: Sirakuse n
• Ancient Greek: Συρακοῦσαι f pl (Surakoûsai)
• Arabic: سِرْقُوسَة‎ f (sirqūsa), سيراقوسة‎ f
• Armenian: Սիրակուզա (Sirakuza)
• Bulgarian: Сиракуза (Sirakuza)
• Czech: Syrakusy pl
• Finnish: Syrakusa (fi)
• French: Syracuse (fr) f
• German: Syrakus (de) n

• Greek: Συρακούσες (el) (Syrakoúses)
• Italian: Siracusa (it) f, Seragusa f
• Japanese: シラクサ (shirakusa)
• Latin: Syrācūsae f pl
• Lombard: Siracüsa f
• Portuguese: Siracusa f
• Russian: Сираку́зы (ru) pl (Sirakúzy)
• Sicilian: Sarausa f
• Turkish: Siraküza

city in New York state

• Arabic: سيراكيوز‎
• Azerbaijani: Sirakuz
• Basque: Syracuse
• Belarusian: Сірак'юс (Sirakʺjus)
• Breton: Syracuse
• Bulgarian: Сиракюз (Sirakjuz)
• Catalan: Siracusa (ca)
• Chechen: Сиракьюс (Sirak’jus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雪城 (zh) (Xuěchéng), 錫拉丘茲, 锡拉丘兹 (Xīlāqiūzī)

• Cornish: Syracuse
• Czech: Syrakusy
• Danish: Syracuse
• Dutch: Syracuse
• Esperanto: Sirakuso
• Estonian: Sürakuusa
• French: Syracuse (fr)
• Galician: Syracuse
• Georgian: სირაკიუსი (siraḳiusi)
• German: Syracuse, Syrakus (de)
• Haitian Creole: Syracuse
• Hebrew: סירקיוז‎
• Indonesian: Syracuse
• Irish: Syracuse

• Italian: Siracusa (it)
• Japanese: シラキュース (Shirakyūsu)
• Korean: 시러큐스 (sireokyuseu)
• Latin: Syracusae
• Latvian: Sirakjūsa
• Malagasy: Syracuse
• Marathi: सिरॅक्युज (sirĕkyuj)
• Norwegian: Syracuse

  Nynorsk: Syracuse

• Polish: Syrakuzy (pl)
• Portuguese: Siracusa f, Syracuse f
• Russian: Сиракьюс (ru) (Sirakʹjus)
• Scots: Syracuse
• Serbo-Croatian: Syracuse, Сиракјус
• Slovak: Syrakúzy
• Spanish: Siracusa
• Swahili: Syracuse
• Tajik: Сиракуз (Sirakuz)
• Tamil: சிராகூசு (cirākūcu)
• Ukrainian: Сірак'юс (Sirakʺjus)
• Urdu: سیراکیوز‎
• Welsh: Syracuse
• Western Panjabi: سائراکیوز‎

Noun

Syracuse (uncountable)

1. A type of red wine.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ʁa.kyz/

Proper noun

Syracuse f

1. Syracuse, city and province in Italy.

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Italian

Proper noun

Syracuse

1. Syracuse (a city in New York, United States)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Syracuse f

1. Syracuse (a city in New York, United States)

   Synonym: Siracusa