SYRIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Syrian mean? 

• SYRIAN (noun)
  The noun SYRIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Syria

  Familiarity information: SYRIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SYRIAN (adjective)
  The adjective SYRIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture

  Familiarity information: SYRIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYRIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Syria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Syrian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Syrian"):

Damascene (a native or inhabitant of Damascus)

Holonyms ("Syrian" is a member of...):

Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (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)

• SYRIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Syrian government

Pertainym:

Syria (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)

Derivation:

Syria (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)

 Context examples 

Derived from a cross between a Chinese hamster and a Syrian hamster, with a golden-colored coat.

(Chinese Syrian Gold Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from a cross between a Chinese hamster and Syrian hamster.

(Chinese Syrian Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from the original group of Syrian hamsters captured by Dr. Israel Aharoni in 1930 and imported into the United States in 1938, followed by colony derivation at Lakeview in 1949 and 1951 and to Charles River in 1969, where the strain is propagated today.

(LVG Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)