Syria
['si:riə;'si-]
Definition
(noun.) an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization.
Editor: Lyle--From WordNet
Examples
- Probably he had to look after her camels or help in her trading operations; and he is said to have travelled with caravans to the Yemen and to Syria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Byzantine Empire was pushed out of Syria altogether. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From first to last it was a mere incident in the larger and greater history of Egypt, Syria, Assyria, and Ph?nicia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thereafter Heraclius slowly relinquished all Syria, which he had so lately won back from the Persians, to his new antagonists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The accursed Syria Dea! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They told me in Beirout (these people who always gorge you with advice) that it was madness to travel in Syria without an umbrella. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He wanted wider opportunities for the exploitation of Syria, north Africa, and so forth by Parisian financial groups. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The records of As syria and Babylonia, like those of Egypt, are fragmentary and still in need of interpretation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Tibet was invaded and devastated by Mangu, and Persia and Syria invaded in good earnest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Syria there were slaves in sufficient quantity to make real buildings, but the artistic spirit is as debased as anything made by machinery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was a nomad of the savage school, and he created an empire of desolation from North India to Syria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- East of the Caliph, in Persia, and west of him in Palestine, Syria, and Egypt, were Shiite heretics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They do say that one can get into any walled city of Syria, after night, for bucksheesh, except Damascus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was dangerous recreation, but it was pleasanter than traveling in Syria. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Within a hundred yards of it is the original graveyard, for aught I know; the tombstones lie flat on the ground, which is Jewish fashion in Syria. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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