Syria
See also: Sýria
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English Sirie, from Latin Sȳria, from Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Suríā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”) and hence originally synonymous to Assyria.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
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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TranslationsEdit
country in Western Asia
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See alsoEdit
- 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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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā, “Syria”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (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 nounEdit
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)
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Syria |
Genitive | Syriae |
Dative | Syriae |
Accusative | Syriam |
Ablative | Syriā |
Vocative | Syria |
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DescendantsEdit
- Asturian: Siria
- Catalan: Síria
- French: Syrie
- → Irish: An tSiria
- Italian: Siria
- Portuguese: Síria
- Spanish: Siria
Further readingEdit
- “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 BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Syria
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
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Syria
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PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Syria f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Syria
Derived termsEdit
nouns
adjective
Further readingEdit
- Syria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Syria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Proper nounEdit
Syria f
- Obsolete spelling of Síria