syria
English Thesaurus
1. 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.location)
| instance hypernym | : | asian country, asian nation, |
| definition | : | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | aram, |
| definition | : | the biblical name for ancient Syria (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | capital of syria, damascus, dimash, |
| definition | : | an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | alep, aleppo, halab, |
| definition | : | a city in northwestern Syria (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | al ladhiqiyah, latakia, |
| definition | : | a seaport on the western coast of Syria (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kurdistan, |
| definition | : | an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | syrian desert, |
| definition | : | a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | euphrates, euphrates river, |
| definition | : | a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | tigris, tigris river, |
| definition | : | an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | middle east, mideast, near east, |
| definition | : | the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | asia, |
| definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | syrian, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Syria (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | arab league, |
| definition | : | an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | popular struggle front, psf, |
| definition | : | a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | syrian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | syrian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture (adj.pert) |
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