Associations to the word «Syria»

Wiktionary

SYRIA, proper noun. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.

Dictionary definition

SYRIA, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats