Syrian

[seer-ee-uhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to Syria or its inhabitants.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Syria.

Syrian

/ ˈsɪrɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Syria, its people, or their dialect of Arabic

2. Eastern Churches of or relating to Christians who belong to churches with Syriac liturgies

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Syria

2. Eastern Churches a Syrian Christian

Other Word Forms

• anti-Syrian adjective
• non-Syrian adjective
• pre-Syrian adjective
• pro-Syrian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Syrian¹

1350–1400; Middle English Sirien < Middle French. See Syria, -an

Example Sentences

A man who murdered a teenage Syrian refugee in a busy town centre street has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.

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A man who stabbed a 16-year-old Syrian refugee on a busy street has been found guilty of his murder.

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The Kremlin’s refusal last year to aid former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is now in exile in Moscow, was a potent indication of its shrinking military and political reach.

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The suspect was named by police on Thursday as Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent.

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Leo recalled the photo of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach in 2015, and who became a symbol of the plight of migrants.

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