Syrian

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Syrian

  • /ˈsɪɹ.i.ən/ UK
  • /ˈsɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/ US

Rhymes with -ɪɹiən, -ɪəɹiən

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture. 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.
  2. dated, not comparable Of or relating to the Syriac language or alphabet. 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.

    Similar: Syriac

  3. not comparable, obsolete, proscribed Of, from, or pertaining to Assyria or the Assyrian people.

noun Syrians

  1. A person from Syria or of Syrian descent. 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.
  2. obsolete, proscribed A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: aram, syriac, syria, damascus, korea, edom, jamahiriya, sar, heights, sword, surrey, walleye, assad, sana, suri, hafez

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adj of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture

Españolsirio
हिन्दीसीरियाई sīriyāī
Portuguêssírio
Françaissyrien
Deutschsyrisch
Italianosiriano
Românăsirian
Русскийсири́йский siríjskij
Tiếng ViệtXi-ri
العربيةسُورِيّ sūriyy

noun a person from Syria or of Syrian descent

Españolsirio
हिन्दीसीरियाई sīriyāī
KiswahiliMsiria, Msyria
Portuguêssírio
FrançaisSyrien, Syrienne
DeutschSyrer, Syrerin
Italianosiriano, siriana
Românăsirian, siriană
Русскийсири́ец siríjec, сири́йка siríjka
العربيةسُورِيّ sūriyy, سُورِيَّة sūriyya
עבריתסורי súri, סורית súrit

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@misc{syrian_2026,
  title = {Syrian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syrian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}