Syria

Sýria English thumb|240px|Flag of Syria thumb|right|Map showing the location of Syria (en Q858) in green thumb|Arab Syria (en region) in the 9th century Etymology en :inh enm:Sirie 1 From en enm Sirie, from en la Sȳria<id:region in the Levant>, from en grc Σῠρῐ́ᾱ, 1 1 grc Ἀσσυρία Assyria, from en akk Aššūrāyu 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 Aššūrāyu, from akk 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.Joseph John The modern Assyrians of the Middle East 2000 Brill 21 Randolph Helm's researches show that Herodotus “conscientiously” and “consistently” distinguished the names Syria and Assyria and used them independently of each other. To Herodotus, writes Helm, “Syrians” were “the inhabitants of the coastal Levant, including North Syria, Phoenicia, and Philistia”; he “never [emphasis Helm’s] uses the name ‘Syria’ to apply to Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is always called ‘Assyria’ ... [and its] inhabitants ‘Assyrians’.” The clear distinction made by Herodotus, comments Helm, was “lost upon later Classical authors, some of whom interpreted [Herodotus’] Histories VII.63 as a mandate to refer to Phoenicians, Jews, and any other Levantines as ‘Assyrians’.” 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. Pronunciation sĭrʹē-ə en /ˈsɪɹi.ə/ RP,GA,AU en En-us-Syria.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Syria.wav UK en /ˈsəɹi.ə/ NZ en /ˈsɪɾe.ə/ Scotland en /ˈsɪɾi.ə/ Wales en Syr ia en ɪɹiə 3 Proper noun en Q858en country r/West Asia in the r/Middle East Damascus Syrian Arab Republic. 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 regionen historical en historical region c/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. en Greater Syria Levant Syria-Palestine en w:Carl Ritter William L. Gage 1866 Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula II New York w:D. Appleton and Co. https://archive.org/details/comparativegeogr02ritt/ 11 https://archive.org/details/comparativegeogr02ritt/page/11/mode/1up 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. en provinceen historical en ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE. Derived terms en Greater Syria Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Syrian Syria-Palestine Syro- Related terms en Assyria Assyriac Assyrian Coele Syria Syriac Syria Damascena Syria Palaestina Syria Palmyrena Syria Phoenicia Syria Prima Syriarch Syriarchate Syria Salutaris Syria Secunda Translations Q858 country in West Asia Abkhaz: ab Шьамтәыла Afrikaans: af Sirië Albanian: sq Siria, sq Siri Amharic: am ሶርያ Arabic: ar سُورِيَا f, ar سُورِيَّة f Hijazi Arabic: acw سُورْيا f sūrya Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ f suriya Classical Syriac: syc ܣܘܪܝܐ f sūrīā, syc ܫܐܡ f šām, syc ܐܪܡ f ʾārām Jewish Aramaic: arc סוּרְיָא f sūryā Armenian: hy Սիրիա, hy Ասորիք Assamese: as চিৰিয়া Asturian: ast Siria Azerbaijani: az Suriya Bashkir: ba Сүриә Basque: eu Siria Belarusian: be Сі́рыя f, be Сы́рыя f Bengali: bn সিরিয়া Breton: br Siria Bulgarian: bg Си́рия f Burmese: my ဆီးရီးယား Catalan: ca Síria f Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵙⵓⵔⵢⴰ Cherokee: chr ᏏᎵᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚 Hakka: hak 敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚 Si-li-á, Si-li-â Hokkien: nan-hbl 敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚 Sū-lī-a, Su-lī-a Mandarin: cmn 敘利亞//敍利亞//叙利亚 Circassian: West Circassian: ady Сирие Coptic: cop ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ f Crimean Tatar: crh Suriye Czech: cs Sýrie f Danish: da Syrien n Dutch: nl Syrië n Esperanto: eo Sirio Estonian: et Süüria Farefare: gur Sirigo, gur Siria Faroese: fo Sýria n Finnish: fi Syyria French: fr Syrie f Middle French: frm Surie f, frm Syrie f Old French: fro Surie f Old French: fro Surie f Galician: gl Siria f Georgian: ka სირია German: de Syrien n Greek: el Συρία f Ancient Greek: grc Συρία f Haitian Creole: ht Siri Hausa: ha Sham f Shâm, ha Siriya Hebrew: he סוּרְיָה f súrya Hindi: hi सीरिया m, hi सूरिया m, hi शाम m, hi हलब m historical Hungarian: hu Szíria Icelandic: is Sýrland n Indonesian: id Suriah Interlingua: ia Syria Irish: ga an tSiria f Italian: it Siria f Japanese: ja シリア Shiria Kalenjin: kln Siria Kamba: kam Siria Kannada: kn ಸಿರಿಯಾ Kashubian: csb Syrëjô, csb Syrijskô f Kazakh: kk Сирия Khmer: km ស៊ីរី Kikuyu: ki Siria Korean: ko ^시리아, ko ^수리아 North Korea, Yanbian Krymchak: jct Шам Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb سوریا Northern Kurdish: kmr Sûriya, kmr Sûriye Kyrgyz: ky Сирия Lao: lo ຊີລີ, lo ຊີເຣຍ, lo ຊີຣີ Latvian: lv Sīrija f Lithuanian: lt Sirija f Luhya: luy Siria Luo: luo Siria Macedonian: mk Сирија f Malay: ms Syria Manchu: mnc ᠰᡳᡵᡳᠶᠠ Māori: mi Hiria Marathi: mr सीरिया m Meru: mer Siria Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Сири Navajo: nv Sííwiya Norman: nrf Syrie f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Syria n Nynorsk: nn Syria n Odia: or ସିରିଆ Old Norse: non Sýrland n, non Sýría n Oromo: om Siiriyaa Pashto: ps سوريه f surya Persian: Dari: prs سُورِیَه, prs شَام historical Iranian Persian: fa-ira سورِیِه, fa-ira شام historical Polish: pl Syria f Portuguese: pt Síria Romanian: ro Siria f Russian: ru Си́рия f Sanskrit: sa सिरिया Scots: sco Sirie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Си̑рија f Latin: sh Sȋrija f Sindhi: sd شام Sinhalese: si සිරියාව Slovak: sk Sýria f Slovene: sl Sírija f Spanish: es Siria f Swahili: sw Siria Swedish: sv Syrien n Tagalog: tl Sirya Tajik: tg Сурия Latin: tg Surija Tatar: tt Сүрия Telugu: te సిరియా Thai: th ซีเรีย Tibetan: bo སི་རི་ཡ, bo ཞུ་ལི་ཡ Turkish: tr Suriye Turkmen: tk Siriýa Ukrainian: uk Си́рія f Urdu: ur شام m, ur سُورِیَہ m Uyghur: ug سۇرىيە Uzbek: uz Suriya Cyrillic: uz Сурия Vietnamese: vi Xi-ri, vi Xy-ri Yakut: sah Сирия Yiddish: yi סיריע f Yoruba: yo Siria Zazaki: Latin: zza Sûrîye Persic: zza سووریە region Syria-Palestine See also en Aram Countries of the world en United Arab Republic References Further reading Anagrams en airsy syair en terms suffixed with -ia (place) exonyms Latin Etymology 1 la region in the Levant Syria :bor grc:Σῠρῐ́ᾱ ++ 1 Alternative forms la Suria Siria Pronunciation Syria Suria Older 0 Siria Newer 0 Proper noun Syria<1> la Syria region,province la transferred sense en Assyria la New Latin la Syria Q858 Declension Syria<1> Derived terms la Syrī Syriacē Syriacus Syriāticus Syricus Syriī Syriscus Syrius<id:Syrian> Syrus<id:Syrian> Descendants ast Siria ca Síria fro Sirie Surie frm Syrie nrf Syrie enm Sirie en Syria ang Syria 1 it Siria roa-opt Siria ro Siria es Siria Further reading Sȳrĭa Sўrĭa, æ Etymology 2 la 1 Adjective la adjective form la Syrius<id:Syrian><t:Syrian> nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//voc n p Adjective la adjective form Syriā la Syrius<id:Syrian><t:Syrian> abl f s Etymology 3 la 1 Adjective la adjective form la Syrius<id:of Syros><t:of Syros> nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//voc n p Adjective la adjective form Syriā la Syrius<id:of Syros><t:of Syros> abl f s Malay ms: Etymology ms en Syria. Pronunciation Siria Proper noun سيريا ms Malaysia Singapore Brunei ms Syria Q858 Synonyms Indonesian Indonesian Malay id Suriah Derived terms ms Republik Arab Syria Arab Republic of Syria See also Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb Syria Q858 Related terms nb syrer nb syrisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Syria Q858 Related terms nn syrar nn syrisk Old English ang: Etymology ang la Syria. Pronunciation Syria Proper noun Syria m en Syria Declension Syri sg ang Syria Polish pl: Pronunciation Pl-Syria.ogg Proper noun pl proper noun f pl Syria Q858 Declension <f.sg> Derived terms pl adjective syryjski pl nouns Syryjczyk Syryjka Further reading Portuguese Proper noun f Síria 43 11 Swahili sw: Etymology sw :bor en:Syria + 1 Proper noun sw proper noun sw Syria Q858 sw Siria Shamu<qq:proscribed> Derived terms sw Msyria Welsh cy: Pronunciation cy /ˈsərja/ Proper noun f cy Syria Q858 Coordinate terms Derived terms cy Syrieg Syriac language cy Syriad Syrian person cy Syriaidd Syrian a Mutation cy exonyms