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Sayfo

Sayfo proper noun: the genocide of Assyrians carried out by the Ottoman Empire.

Proper noun

Sayfo

  1. (World-War-I) The genocide of Assyrians carried out by the Ottoman Empire.

Forms of Sayfo

alternative formSeyfo

Origin of Sayfo

Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܣܰܝܦܳܐ.

Questions about Sayfo

What does Sayfo mean?
Sayfo means the genocide of Assyrians carried out by the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is Sayfo?
Sayfo is a proper noun.

Words near Sayfo in the dictionary

  1. sayes
  2. sayest
  3. sayeth
  4. sayette
  5. sayettes
  6. Sayfo
  7. Sayhadic
  8. Sayid
  9. Sayids
  10. sayin'
  11. saying

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