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 historical region of 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)
  3. (historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE)
  4. Aramaea/Aramea (an ancient Aramaic-speaking region in modern Syria and northern Jordan) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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