Syria

• Greater Syria, a historical region of the Levant
  • Roman Syria
  • Ottoman Syria

• the Syrian Arab Republic, a modern-day country in the Arab World

• Syria, Virginia, a town in the United States

The adjective pertaining to Syria is Syrian. It can refer to in particular:

• Citizens of the Syrian Arab Republic; see also Demographics of Syria
• Ethnic Greeks of the Seleucid Empire were sometimes referred to as Syrians in the Hellenistic era.
• adherents of Syriac Christianity, members of the Aramean-Syriac people
  • Ephraim the Syrian
• Cappadocians were called Syrians, or "White Syrians," by the Persians.http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126&layout=&loc=7.72.1
• Syrian Hamster -a commonly kept pet.

Popular culture

• Syrian, an electronic music band.

The alternative adjective Syriac more specifically refers to:

• the Syriac language
• Syriac Christians, including
  • the Syriac ethnic group
  • Melkites, Lebanese Greek-Catholic regardless of ethnicity
  • Saint Thomas Christians, followers of Syriac Christianity in India

See also

• Syria (name)
• Names of Syriac Christians

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