# Syrian

Pronunciation: US say "SEER-ee-uhn" /ˈsɪɹi.ən/; UK

## Adjective

1. Belonging to or coming from Syria, its people, or its language.
   - Simple: Coming from or having to do with Syria, its people, or its language.
   - _The museum displayed several Syrian artifacts from the Bronze Age._
   - _Many Syrian families settled in the region over the past decade._
3. From or associated with the Assyrian people or the Syriac language.
   - Simple: Coming from or having to do with the Assyrian people or the Syriac language.
   - _The Syrian liturgy is chanted in classical Syriac._
   - _Their Syrian prayer books, printed in Syriac script, came with the family from an Assyrian village in northern Iraq._

## Noun

2. A person who comes from Syria or who has Syrian ancestry.
   - Simple: Someone who comes from Syria or whose family is from there.
   - _She is a Syrian by birth but grew up in France._
   - _Several Syrians have opened businesses in the neighborhood._
4. A person who has Assyrian ancestry.
   - Simple: Someone whose family comes from the Assyrian people.
   - _Born to Assyrian parents in Iran, my grandmother never set foot in Syria but always introduced herself as a Syrian._
   - _As a Syrian born in Baghdad, he grew up attending an Assyrian church and speaking Aramaic at home._

## Origin

Formed from "Syria" combined with the suffix "-an".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/syrian (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).