SYRACUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Syracuse mean? 

• SYRACUSE (noun)
  The noun SYRACUSE has 4 senses:

1. a city in central New York

2. a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC

3. the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)

4. the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse

  Familiarity information: SYRACUSE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYRACUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in central New York

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Syracuse" is a part of...):

Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Siracusa; Syracuse

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Syracuse" is a part of...):

Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

siege of Syracuse; Syracuse

Instance hypernyms:

beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

Domain region:

Sicilia; Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

siege of Syracuse; Syracuse

Instance hypernyms:

beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

Domain region:

Sicilia; Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean)

 Context examples 

Physicists have been searching pentaquarks for almost 50 years, but the research group that made the discovery, a Syracuse University team, wasn't specifically looking for them.

(Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle, NSF)

An assistant professor of physics at Syracuse University is studying these materials, searching for the defects in each that produce a crack-like fissure called a shear band.

(Materials, like metallic glass, can help us understand how cells break, NSF)