See also: Sýria

EnglishEdit

 
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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

  • enPR: sĭrʹē-ə, IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹi.ə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Syr‧ia
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper nounEdit

Syria

  1. A country in West Asia. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.
  2. (historical) An Ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE.

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LatinEdit

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā, Syria).

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Proper nounEdit

Syria f sg (genitive Syriae); first declension

  1. Syria (region in the ancient Near East, loosely corresponding to modern Syria)
  2. (transferred sense) Assyria
  3. (New Latin) Syria (modern country)

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
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. 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 BokmålEdit

     
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    Syria

    1. Syria

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    Syria

    1. Syria

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    PolishEdit

     
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    PronunciationEdit

    Proper nounEdit

    Syria f

    1. Syria (a country in West Asia)

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    adjective
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    Further readingEdit

    • Syria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • Syria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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    Proper nounEdit

    Syria f

    1. Obsolete spelling of Síria