Syria Synonyms

sîrē-ə
An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. syrian-arab-republic

Words Related to Syria

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. libya
  2. iran
  3. yemen
  4. algeria
  5. kuwait
  6. syrian
  7. lebanon
  8. israel
  9. tehran
  10. afghanistan
  11. macedonia
  12. iraq
  13. russia
  14. palestine
  15. somalia

Syria Sentence Examples

  • He went on his way to occupy Syria and Phoenicia.

  • On his arrival in Syria, Pompey reversed the decision, but, ignoring the charge of bribery brought against Scaurus, left him in command of the district.

  • The foreign missionary work of the General Assembly had been carried on after 1812 through the (Congregational) American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (organized in 1810) until the separation of 1837, when the Old School Assembly established its own board of foreign missions; the New School continued to work through the American board; after the union of 1869 the separate board was perpetuated and the American board transferred to it, with the contributions made to the American board by the New School churches, the missions in Africa (1833), in Syria (1822), and in Persia (1835).

  • After the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah, a considerable number of Jews returned to the city, but we know practically nothing of its history for more than a century until, in 332 B.C., Alexander the Great conquered Syria.

  • Simon then constructed a new citadel, north of the Temple, to take the place of the Acra, and established in Judaea the Asmonean dynasty, which lasted for nearly a century, when the Roman republic began to make its influence felt in Syria.

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