Syrians
SaySEER-ee-uhnz/ˈsɪɹi.ənz/
- 1Plural of Syrian.
Thousands of Syrians have built new lives in neighboring countries.
The festival drew Syrians from across the region to celebrate their shared heritage.
Note
A regular plural that is capitalized wherever it falls, as names for peoples are. The usage point worth knowing is a sensitive one. Syrians is sometimes applied to people of Assyrian descent, and many careful writers reject that use as an error. Where Assyrian descent is meant, Assyrians is the clear and safe choice. Keep Syrians for people from Syria or of Syrian descent.
Syrians is a form of Syrian
Syrian, noun: A person who comes from Syria or who has Syrian ancestry. Full entry
- Forms
- SyrianSyrians plural
- Spelling
- Syrian → Syrians: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with Syrians, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.