Syria
Syllables: Syr·ia/ˈsɪɹi.ə/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
New Zealand/ˈsəɹi.ə/
Syria proper noun: a country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
.svg){kind=link}
Proper noun
Syria
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
- 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.2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN
- A historical region of 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.
- 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...1866, Carl Ritter, translated by William L. Gage, Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula, volume II, New York: D. Appleton and Co., page 11
- Synonyms:
- Greater Syria, Levant, Syria-Palestine
- An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE.
Syria meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Syria in Hindi
- country in West Asia
- सीरिया sīriyā, सूरिया sūriyā, शाम śām, हलब halab
Syria in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Syria in Marathi
- country in West Asia
- सीरिया sīriyā
Syria in Urdu
- country in West Asia
- شام śām, سُورِیَہ sūriya
More languagesFewer languages
- Syria in Bengali
- সিরিয়া śiriẏa
- Syria in Telugu
- సిరియా siriyā
- Syria in Kannada
- ಸಿರಿಯಾ siriyā
- Syria in Odia
- ସିରିଆ siriā
- Syria in Sanskrit
- सिरिया siriyā
- Syria in Sinhala
- සිරියාව siriyāwa
- Syria in Assamese
- চিৰিয়া siria
- Syria in Pashto
- سوريه surya
- Syria in Tagalog
- Sirya
- Syria in Arabic
- سُورِيَا sūriyā, سُورِيَّة sūriyya
- Syria in Malay
- Syria
- Syria in Indonesian
- Suriah
- Syria in Thai
- ซีเรีย sii-riia
- Syria in Vietnamese
- Xi-ri, Xy-ri
- Syria in Myanmar
- ဆီးရီးယား hci:ri:ya:
- Sindhi
- شام śām
Synonyms of Syria
Origin of Syria
From Middle English Sirie, from Latin Sȳria, from Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā), apheretic form of Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 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. 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.
Words formed from Syria
Words that rhyme with Syria
Questions about Syria
- What does Syria mean?
- Syria means a country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
- What is Syria in Hindi?
- Syria in Hindi is सीरिया (sīriyā), सूरिया (sūriyā), शाम (śām). See Syria meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Syria?
- Syria is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Syria?
- Syria is pronounced /ˈsɪɹi.ə/ (UK).
Words near Syria in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Syria (page history and authors); Syria (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-Syria.ogg, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Syria.wav.
Cite this entry: “Syria.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/syria. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.