Syrian
['sɪrɪən]
Definition
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Syria.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture; 'the Syrian government' .
Editor: Lorna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.
(n.) A native of Syria.
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Examples
- The principal Greek works on science had been translated into Syrian. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Why, it was no larger than an American village of four thousand inhabitants, and no larger than an ordinary Syrian city of thirty thousand. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I should think a Syrian would go wild with ecstacy when such a picture bursts upon him for the first time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Next spring (331 B.C.) he returned to Tyre, and marched thence round towards Assyria, leaving the Syrian desert on his right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Syrian saddle-blanket is a quilted mattress two or three inches thick. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A Syrian village is the sorriest sight in the world, and its surroundings are eminently in keeping with it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There are no windows to a Syrian hut, and no chimneys. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- By half-past six we were under way, and all the Syrian world seemed to be under way also. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Pharaohs hunted slaves in Nubia, in order to have black troops for their Syrian expeditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Close to it was a stream, and on its banks a great herd of curious-looking Syrian goats and sheep were gratefully eating gravel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They had preserved much of Aristotle both in Greek and in Syrian translations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Naaman was the commander of the Syrian armies. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Syrians are very poor, and yet they are ground down by a system of taxation that would drive any other nation frantic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the Babylonian and Assyrian world the traders were predominantly the Semitic Arameans, the ancestors of the modern Syrians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The chapel of the Syrians is not handsome; that of the Copts is the humblest of them all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Across these Syrians the Assyrian kings fought for power and expansion south-westward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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