Syrian
A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.
Adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syrian language.
- 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. - 1970,...
- In contrast to the political dynamics of the preunion period, these struggles were heavily influenced by the new prominence of Syrian capitalists[…] - 1999, Steven Heydemann, Authoritarianism in Syria, page 139:
- 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...
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Assyrian people or the Syriac language
Origin
Etymology tree English Syria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Syrian From Syria + -an.
Derived
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian arch Syrian asphalt Syrian bear Syrian brown bear Syrian Desert Syrian hamster Syrianise Syrianism Syrianist Syrianization Syrianize Syrian juniper Syrianness Syrian onager Syrian rhubarb Syrian serin Syrian soap Syrian woodpecker
Noun
- 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. - 1970,...
- He said the agreement calls for the refusal of any non-Arab foreign intervention, an important issue because some Syrians want international intervention to overthrow the al-Assad regime. - 2011 December 31, “Syrian...
- A person of Assyrian descent.