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Syme¹

  • /ˈsaɪmiː/
  • /ˈsiːmi/

Where it comes from

From Latin Sȳmē.

proper noun Symi · Simi

  1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece. About the end of 1900 Symæan divers fishing from the sponge-fishing boat ‘Photios Lentiakós,’ under Captain Demetrios E. Kontos, pulled up the well-preserved hand of a bronze statue off the north coast of Antikythera, the ancient Aigile (Cerigotto), near the place called to-day Pinakakia, about an h
  2. A municipality of Rhodes regional unit, Greece.

Syme²

  • /saɪm/

Where it comes from

From Sim, the short form of Simon.

proper noun Symes

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Translations

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name island in the Dodecanese archipelago

FrançaisSymè
ItalianoSimi
ΕλληνικάΣύμη Sými

name municipality of the Rhodes regional unit

ΕλληνικάΣύμη Sými

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"Syme." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/syme. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Syme. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/syme

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"Syme." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/syme.

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@misc{syme_2026,
  title = {Syme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}