Syria (disambiguation)

Syria (disambiguation)

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

ee also

*Syria (name)
*Names of Syriac Christians


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