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Syrian
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syrian
English
Etymology
en :af Syria -an + 1
Pronunciation
sĭrʹē-ən RP, en /ˈsɪɹ.i.ən/
sîrʹē-ən GA, en /ˈsɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Syrian.wav Southern England
en Syr i an
en ɪɹiən ɪəɹiən 3
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture.
en Time 96 1970 The Syrian force was pulled back quickly and with reportedly heavy losses, but it stayed around long enough to remind the world that the Syrians are still the biggest blusterers and brinkmen in the Middle East.
en 1999 Steven Heydemann Authoritarianism in Syria 139 In contrast to the political dynamics of the preunion period, these struggles were heavily influenced by the new prominence of Syrian capitalists
Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011 https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest 2011-12-31 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251113145925/https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest 13 November 2025
en dated Of or relating to the Syriac language or alphabet.
en Syriac
en 1879 The Rainbow 292 https://books.google.com/books?id=eEIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA292 But how about the words which Christ used from the common speech of the people? These are simply written in Syrian letters, and need no translation.
en obsolete proscribed Of, from, or pertaining to Assyria or the Assyrian people.
Derived terms
en Syrian Arab Republic Syrian arch Syrian asphalt Syrian babul blue (Azanus jesous ssp. gamra subspecies) Syrian bead tree (Melia azedarach species) Syrian bear, Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus subspecies) Syrian bear's-breeches (Acanthus syriacus species) Syrian blind snake (Xerotyphlops syriacus species) Syrian bluet (Coenagrion syriacum species) Syrian camel (†Camelus moreli species) Syrian catnip (Nepeta curviflora species) Syrian cat snake (Telescopus fallax ssp. syriacus subspecies) Syrian clubtail (Stylurus ubadschii species) Syrian cornflower (Centaurea cyanoides species) Syrian demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens ssp. syriaca subspecies) Syrian Desert Syrian elephant (†Elephas maximus asurus subspecies) Syrian eryngo (Eryngium creticum species) Syrian golden-drop (Podonosma orientalis species) Syrian grass (Sorghum halepense species) Syrian grasshopper (Calliptamus coelesyriensis species) Syrian green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio ssp. syriaca subspecies) Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus species) Syrian hartwort (Tordylium syriacum species) Syrian harvester ant (Messor syriacus species) Syrian honey bee (Apis mellifera ssp. syriaca subspecies) Syrian hyrax (Procavia capensis syriaca subspecies) Syrianise,Syrianize Syrianism Syrianist Syrianization Syrian jackal (Canis aureus ssp. syriacus subspecies) Syrian juniper (Juniperus drupacea species) Syrian knapweed (Centaurea babylonica species) Syrian loach (Oxynoemacheilus insignis species) Syrian long-legged bush-cricket (Acrometopa syriaca species) Syrian maple (Acer obtusifolium species) Syrian marbled white (Melanargia syriaca species) Syrian mesquite (Prosopis farcta speies) Syrian mullein (Verbascum syriacum species) Syrian mustard (Euclidium syriacum species) Syrian nard (Cymbopogon nardus species) Syrianness Syrian nun snail (Monacha syriaca species) Syrian onager (Equus hemionus hemippus subspecies) Syrian oregano (Origanum syriacum species) Syrian pear (Pyrus syriaca species) Syrian poppy (Papaver syriacum species) Syrian rhubarb (Rheum ribes species) Syrian rock-rose (Helianthemum syriacum species) Syrian rue (Peganum harmala species) Syrian sage (Salvia syriaca species) Syrian serin (Serinus syriacus species) Syrian silkworm (Pachypasa otus species) Syrian soap Syrian spadefoot (Pelobates syriacus species) Syrian speedwell (Veronica syriaca species) Syrian stone marten (Martes foina ssp. syriaca subspecies) Syrian striped hyaena (Hyaena hyaena ssp. syriaca subspecies) Syrian thistle (Notobasis syriaca species) Syrian tobacco (Nicotiana rustica species) Syrian wild artichoke (Cynara syriaca species) Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus subspecies) Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus species)
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
Arabic: ar سُورِيّ
Armenian: hy սիրիական
Asturian: ast siriu
Azerbaijani: az suriyalı
Belarusian: be сіры́йскі
Catalan: Modern Syria ca sirià; Ancient Syria ca siri, ca siríac
Czech: cs syrský
Danish: da syrisk
Esperanto: eo siria
Finnish: fi syyrialainen
French: fr syrien
Galician: gl sirio
German: de syrisch
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Σύριος
Haitian Creole: ht siryen
Hindi: hi सीरियाई
Hungarian: hu szír, hu szíriai
Icelandic: is sýrlenskur
Italian: it siriano
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb سوری
Latin: la Syrius, la Syriacus, la Syricus
Latvian: lv sīriešu, lv sīrisks
Malayalam: ml സുറിയാനി
Manx: Syria or the Syrian people gv Seeragh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb syrisk
Nynorsk: nn syrisk
Occitan: oc sirian
Persian: fa سوری suri, fa سوریهای suriye-'i
Polish: pl syryjski
Portuguese: pt sírio
Romanian: ro sirian
Russian: ru сири́йский
Slovak: sk sýrsky
Spanish: es sirio
Swedish: sv syrisk
Turkish: tr Suriyeli
Ottoman Turkish: ota سوریهلو sûriyye-li
Ukrainian: uk сирі́йський
Urdu: ur سوری sūrī
Uyghur: ug سۇرىيەلىك
Uzbek: uz suriyalik
Vietnamese: vi Xi-ri
Noun
A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.
en Time 96 1970 The Syrian force was pulled back quickly and with reportedly heavy losses, but it stayed around long enough to remind the world that the Syrians are still the biggest blusterers and brinkmen in the Middle East.
Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011 https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest 2011-12-31 He said the agreement calls for the refusal of any non-Arab foreign intervention, an important issue because some Syrians want international intervention to overthrow the al-Assad regime. https://web.archive.org/web/20251113145925/https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest 13 November 2025
en obsolete proscribed A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent.
Translations
a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
Arabic: ar سُورِيّ m, ar سُورِيَّة f
Armenian: hy սիրիացի
Asturian: ast siriu m, ast siria f
Azerbaijani: az suriyalı
Belarusian: be сіры́ец m, be сіры́йка f
Catalan: Modern Syria ca sirià m, ca siriana f; Ancient Syria ca siri m, ca síria f
Czech: cs Syřan m
Danish: da syrer c
Esperanto: eo siriano man or woman, eo sirianino woman
Finnish: fi syyrialainen
French: fr Syrien m, fr Syrienne f
Galician: gl sirio m
German: de Syrer m, de Syrerin f
Gothic: got 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌹 f, got 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂 m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Σύρος m
Hebrew: he סורי m súri, he סורית f súrit
Hindi: hi सीरियाई m f
Hungarian: hu szír
Icelandic: is Sýrlendingur m
Italian: it siriano m, it siriana f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb سوری
Latin: la Syrius m
Latvian: lv sīrietis m, lv sīriete f
Manx: gv Seeragh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb syrer m
Nynorsk: nn syrar m
Occitan: oc sirian m, oc siriana f
Persian: fa سوری suri, fa سوریهای suriye-'i
Polish: pl Syryjczyk m, pl Syryjka f
Portuguese: pt sírio m
Romanian: ro sirian m, ro siriană f
Russian: ru сири́ец m, ru сири́йка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сири́јац m
Latin: sh Siríjac m
Slovak: sk Sýrčan m, sk Sýrčanka f
Spanish: es sirio
Swahili: sw Msiria, sw Msyria
Swedish: sv syrier c
Turkish: tr Suriyeli
Ottoman Turkish: ota سوریهلو sûriyye-li
Ukrainian: uk сирі́єць m, uk сирі́йка f
Urdu: ur سوری sūrī
Uyghur: ug سۇرىيەلىك
Uzbek: uz suriyalik
See also
en Syriac
References
en terms suffixed with -ian
en Nationalities Syria
Old English
Pronunciation
Syrian
Proper noun
ang proper noun form
ang Syria acc//gen//dat sg