syria

Noun
  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 (synset 109055808)
    domain member region: popular struggle front, psf - 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
    is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
    specific instances: aram - the biblical name for ancient Syria
    member holonym: syrian - a native or inhabitant of Syria
    belongs to: arab league - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
    has:
    • capital of syria, damascus, dimash - 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
    • alep, aleppo, halab - a city in northwestern Syria
    • al ladhiqiyah, latakia - a seaport on the western coast of Syria
    • kurdistan - an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
    • syrian desert - a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia
    • euphrates, euphrates river - a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
    • tigris, tigris river - an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
    is a part of:
    • middle east, mideast, near east - 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
    • asia - 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
    same as: syrian arab republic

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