ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ

Coptic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).

Proper noun

ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ • (tisuria) f

  1. Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
  2. (historical) Syria (a region in West Asia extending from modern-day southeast Turkey to the north, the Euphrates and Arabian Desert to the east, the Sinai Peninsula to the south, and the Mediterranean sea to the west; Greater Syria)
  3. (historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE)
  4. Aramaea/Aramea (an ancient Aramaic-speaking region in modern Syria and northern Jordan) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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