Syria en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsɪɾe.ə/ (Scotland)
- sĭrʹē-ə
- /ˈsɪɾi.ə/ (Wales)
- /ˈsəɹi.ə/ (New-Zealand)
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- /ˈsɪɹi.ə/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English Sirie, from Latin Sȳria, from Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā), apheretic form of Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”). The land corresponding to modern Syria was originally called Aram by its ancient inhabitants, the Arameans. After the Assyrian conquest of Aram, the Greeks applied the name Syria to this territory. Over time, Syria came to denote the broader Levant, while Assyria referred to Mesopotamia. Herodotus (5th century BCE) was among the earliest Greek authors to consistently distinguish Syria and Assyria. After his time, some classical writers occasionally blurred the distinction. Nevertheless, educated writers and administrative usage gradually preserved the distinction, with Syria referring to the Levant and Assyria to Mesopotamia.
Meanings
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A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page.
2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN:
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(historical) A historical region of West Asia, extending from modern-day southeast Turkey to the north, the Euphrates and Arabian Desert to the east, the Sinai Peninsula to the south, and the Mediterranean sea to the west.
The belt which runs along the eastern frontier from north to south, traversing all Syria from the extreme limits of the Taurus to the Sinai desert, is not remarkable for any marked grandeur in its physical features, and is tolerably uniform in its characteristics, being made up to a considerable extent of a broad plateau of steppe land, rock and sand and debris being freely intermingled in its formation, and forming an immeasurable succession of high plains, whose effect is manifest in the course of the Euphrates, which has been driven to the eastward thereby, and removed from the immediate neighbourhood of the Mediterranean Sea.
1866, Carl Ritter, translated by William L. Gage, Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula, volume II, New York: D. Appleton and Co., page 11:
- (historical) An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE.
Deriveds
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria · Greater Syria · Syrian · Syria-Palestine · Islamic State of Iraq and Syria · Syro-
Relateds
Assyriac · United Arab Republic · Aram · Countries of the world · Syria Phoenicia · Assyria · Syria Salutaris · Syria Secunda · Syriac · Coele Syria · Syriarchate · Syria Prima · Syria Palmyrena · Syria Damascena · Syriarch · Assyrian · Syria Palaestina
Synonyms
Greater Syria · Syria-Palestine · Levant
Translations (149)
tt Сүрия (country in West Asia) · de Syrien (country in West Asia) · et Süüria (country in West Asia) · ja シリア (country in West Asia) · arc סוּרְיָא (country in West Asia) · bn সিরিয়া (country in West Asia) · ar سُورِيَّة (country in West Asia) · chr ᏏᎵᏱ (country in West Asia) · syc ܐܪܡ (country in West Asia) · eu Siria (country in West Asia) · sw Siria (country in West Asia) · mer Siria (country in West Asia) · tk Siriýa (country in West Asia) · da Syrien (country in West Asia) · ia Syria (country in West Asia) · ab Шьамтәыла (country in West Asia) · luo Siria (country in West Asia) · acw سُورْيا (country in West Asia) · tzm ⵙⵓⵔⵢⴰ (country in West Asia) · fo Sýria (country in West Asia) · nrf Syrie (country in West Asia) · ka სირია (country in West Asia) · bo ཞུ་ལི་ཡ (country in West Asia) · ms Syria (country in West Asia) · fro Surie (country in West Asia) · hu Szíria (country in West Asia) · aii ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (country in West Asia) · id Suriah (country in West Asia) · yo Siria (country in West Asia) · fi Syyria (country in West Asia) · br Siria (country in West Asia) · sah Сирия (country in West Asia) · sa सिरिया (country in West Asia) · sl Sírija (country in West Asia) · bg Си́рия (country in West Asia) · fa-ira سورِیِه (country in West Asia) · jct Шам (country in West Asia) · nb Syria (country in West Asia) · ht Siri (country in West Asia) · es Siria (country in West Asia) · ko 수리아 (country in West Asia) · non Sýría (country in West Asia) · ga an tSiria (country in West Asia) · kmr Sûriye (country in West Asia) · tr Suriye (country in West Asia) · be Сы́рыя (country in West Asia) · tg Сурия (country in West Asia) · prs شَام (country in West Asia) · cs Sýrie (country in West Asia) · am ሶርያ (country in West Asia) · csb Syrijskô (country in West Asia) · vi Xi-ri (country in West Asia) · ha Shâm (country in West Asia) · uk Си́рія (country in West Asia) · csb Syrëjô (country in West Asia) · luy Siria (country in West Asia) · crh Suriye (country in West Asia) · hi शाम (country in West Asia) · zza سووریە (country in West Asia) · kmr Sûriya (country in West Asia) · as চিৰিয়া (country in West Asia) · sv Syrien (country in West Asia) · cop ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ (country in West Asia) · si සිරියාව (country in West Asia) · be Сі́рыя (country in West Asia) · ro Siria (country in West Asia) · om Siiriyaa (country in West Asia) · grc Συρία (country in West Asia) · gur Siria (country in West Asia) · ady Сирие (country in West Asia) · vi Xy-ri (country in West Asia) · ru Си́рия (country in West Asia) · ug سۇرىيە (country in West Asia) · ha Siriya (country in West Asia) · tl Sirya (country in West Asia) · hi सूरिया (country in West Asia) · ca Síria (country in West Asia) · it Siria (country in West Asia) · nv Sííwiya (country in West Asia) · mr सीरिया (country in West Asia) · ba Сүриә (country in West Asia) · cmn 敘利亞 /敍利亞 /叙利亚 (country in West Asia) · syc ܣܘܪܝܐ (country in West Asia) · fa-ira شام (country in West Asia) · is Sýrland (country in West Asia) · sh Sȋrija (country in West Asia) · ki Siria (country in West Asia) · ky Сирия (country in West Asia) · zza Sûrîye (country in West Asia) · lo ຊີຣີ (country in West Asia) · kam Siria (country in West Asia) · hak 敘利亞 /敍利亞 /叙利亚 (country in West Asia) · sh Си̑рија (country in West Asia) · eo Sirio (country in West Asia) · bo སི་རི་ཡ (country in West Asia) · nl Syrië (country in West Asia) · ckb سوریا (country in West Asia) · frm Syrie (country in West Asia) · mnc ᠰᡳᡵᡳᠶᠠ (country in West Asia) · kln Siria (country in West Asia) · lv Sīrija (country in West Asia) · pl Syria (country in West Asia) · sco Sirie (country in West Asia) · yue 敘利亞 /敍利亞 /叙利亚 (country in West Asia) · frm Surie (country in West Asia) · or ସିରିଆ (country in West Asia) · kk Сирия (country in West Asia) · hy Ասորիք (country in West Asia) · ur سُورِیَہ (country in West Asia) · az Suriya (country in West Asia) · tg Surija (country in West Asia) · km ស៊ីរី (country in West Asia) · hi सीरिया (country in West Asia) · ps سوريه (country in West Asia) · sq Siria (country in West Asia) · ar سُورِيَا (country in West Asia) · hy Սիրիա (country in West Asia) · mi Hiria (country in West Asia) · mk Сирија (country in West Asia) · ast Siria (country in West Asia) · fr Syrie (country in West Asia) · lo ຊີເຣຍ (country in West Asia) · nn Syria (country in West Asia) · pt Síria (country in West Asia) · kn ಸಿರಿಯಾ (country in West Asia) · ur شام (country in West Asia) · ko 시리아 (country in West Asia) · mn Сири (country in West Asia) · af Sirië (country in West Asia) · uz Suriya (country in West Asia) · sq Siri (country in West Asia) · non Sýrland (country in West Asia) · el Συρία (country in West Asia) · he סוּרְיָה (country in West Asia) · uz Сурия (country in West Asia) · syc ܫܐܡ (country in West Asia) · my ဆီးရီးယား (country in West Asia) · gur Sirigo (country in West Asia) · prs سُورِیَه (country in West Asia) · hi हलब (country in West Asia) · yi סיריע (country in West Asia) · te సిరియా (country in West Asia) · lo ຊີລີ (country in West Asia) · lt Sirija (country in West Asia) · nan-hbl 敘利亞 /敍利亞 /叙利亚 (country in West Asia) · sk Sýria (country in West Asia) · th ซีเรีย (country in West Asia) · sd شام (country in West Asia) · gl Siria (country in West Asia)