Syracuse

English Etymology en :bor fr:Syracuse en fr Syracuse, from en la Syrācūsae, from en grc Συρᾱ́κουσαι attested from 8th century BC, from a en qsb-grc - name, possibly en phn 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 to feel ill in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. With modified form of suffix grc -εις. As a surname, an anglicized form of en it Siracusa. en Siragusa. Compare scn Saragusa. Pronunciation city in Sicily en /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Syracuse.wav Southern England city in New York en /ˈsɪɹəkjuːs/ /ˈsɛɹəkjus/<q:locally> Proper noun ~ s A placename: en former province r/Sicily c/Italy ; abolished in 2015 and replaced by an equivalent administrative entity. en city/and/port/capital p:pref/Syracuse r/Sicily c/Italy. en number of places c/USA: en town twp:Suf/Turkey Creek co/Kosciusko County s/Indiana. en city/county seat co/Hamilton County s/Kansas. en minor city co/Morgan County s/Missouri. en city co/Otoe County s/Nebraska. en city/county seat co/Onondaga County s/New York. TopoZone: Syracuse, New York T.M. Brown Flock cameras are getting mobbed https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/us/flock-camera-vandalism-protests-cec 2026-07-30 City governments have joined in by deactivating the cameras or canceling contracts with Flock in Fort Collins, Colorado; Eugene, Oregon; Madison, Wisconsin; Knoxville, Tennessee; Syracuse, New York; and Walla Walla, Washington. https://web.archive.org/web/20260731153434/https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/us/flock-camera-vandalism-protests-cec en w:Syracuse University in New York. en village twp:Suf/Sutton co/Meigs County s/Ohio. en city co/Davis County s/Utah. en habitational Italian. Derived terms en East Syracuse Syracusian North Syracuse Syracusan Descendants it Syracuse 1 ja シラキュース Shirakyūsu 1 cmn 錫拉丘茲 Xīlāqiūzī, Xílāqiūzī 1 pt Syracuse 1 Translations province in Sicily Arabic: ar سِرْقُوسَة f, ar سِيرَاقُوسَة f Farefare: gur Sirakusa Finnish: fi Syrakusa French: fr Syracuse f German: de Syrakus n Hindi: hi सुरकूसा Italian: it Siracusa f Japanese: ja シラクサ県 Shirakusa-ken, ja シラクーザ県 Shirakūza-ken Marathi: mr सिराकूझा ? Occitan: oc Siracusa f Polish: pl Syrakuzy nv-p Portuguese: pt Siracusa f Sicilian: scn Saragusa f Spanish: es Siracusa f Turkish: tr Siraküza city and port in the province of Syracuse, Sicily Afrikaans: af Sirakuse n Arabic: ar سِرْقُوسَة f, ar سِيرَاقُوسَة f Armenian: hy Սիրակուզա, hy Սիրակուսե Bulgarian: bg Сиракуза f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Czech: cs Syrakusy f-p Farefare: gur Sirakusa Finnish: fi Syrakusa French: fr Syracuse f Georgian: ka სირაკუზა German: de Syrakus n Greek: el Συρακούσες f-p Ancient Greek: grc Συρᾱ́κουσαι f-p Hindi: hi सुरकूसा Italian: it Siracusa f Japanese: ja シラクサ Shirakusa, ja シラクーザ Shirakūza Korean: ko ^시라쿠사 Latin: la Syrācūsae f-p Lombard: lmo Siracusa f, lmo Siracüsa f Marathi: mr सिराकूझा ? Occitan: oc Siracusa f Polish: pl Syrakuzy nv-p Portuguese: pt Siracusa f Russian: ru Сираку́зы f-p Sicilian: scn Saragusa f Slovak: sk Syrakúzy f-p Spanish: es Siracusa f Swedish: sv Syrakusa n Turkish: tr Siraküza Ukrainian: uk Сираку́зи f-p city in New York state Arabic: ar سِيرَاكْيُوز m Azerbaijani: az Sirakuz Belarusian: be Сірак'ю́с m Bulgarian: bg Сиракю́з m Catalan: ca Siracusa f Chechen: ce Сиракьюс Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 雪城, cmn 錫拉丘茲 Xīlāqiūzī, Xílāqiūzī Czech: cs Syrakusy f-p Esperanto: eo Sirakuso Estonian: et Sürakuusa Farefare: gur Sɛrakyusa French: fr Syracuse f Georgian: ka სირაკიუსი German: de Syracuse n, de Syrakus n Hebrew: he סירקיוז m Sirakyúz Italian: it Syracuse f Japanese: ja シラキュース Shirakyūsu Korean: ko ^시러큐스 Latvian: lv Sirakjūsa f Malagasy: mg Syracuse Marathi: mr सिरॅक्यूझ ? Mohawk: moh Tsi kahio'tsísto, moh Onontà:ke Polish: pl Syrakuzy nv-p Portuguese: pt Siracusa f, pt Syracuse f Punjabi: Western Punjabi: pnb سائراکیوز ? Russian: ru Сиракью́с m Serbo-Croatian: sh Syracuse m, sh Сиракјус m Slovak: sk Syrakúzy f-p Spanish: es Siracusa f Tajik: tg Сиракуз Tamil: ta சிராகூசு Ukrainian: uk Сірак'ю́с m Urdu: ur سیراکیوز ? Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Syracuse is the 38214th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 580 individuals. Syracuse is most common among White (94.31%) individuals. Noun - A type of red wine. References en exonyms French Etymology fr city :lbor la:Syrācūsae 1 + See above. In sense 3, borrowed back from fr en Syracuse, in turn from the fr fr - form of the name. Pronunciation fr yz 3 Proper noun f fr province r/Sicily c/Italy Syracuse fr port/capital city p:pref/Syracuse r/Sicily c/Italy Syracuse fr county seat co/Onondaga County s/New York c/United States Syracuse Derived terms fr syracusain fr Syracusain Descendants en Syracuse 1 fr exonyms Italian Etymology it qsb-grc phn it en Syracuse, from it la Syrācūsae and it grc Συρᾱ́κουσαι via it fr -. See above. it Siracusa Siragusa. Pronunciation sìrachiu[z] sìrachiu[s] Proper noun f it county seat co/Onondaga County s/New York c/USA Syracuse Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:Syracuse pt en Syracuse, from pt la Syrācūsae and pt grc Συρᾱ́κουσαι via pt fr -. See above. pt Siracusa. Pronunciation Proper noun f pt county seat co/Onondaga County s/New York c/United States Syracuse pt Siracusa