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Syrian

Syr·i·an/ˈsɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/adjective, noun

Syrian is spelled S-Y-R-I-A-N: 6 letters and 3 syllables (Syr·i·an). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Syrian means “Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Syrian?

Letters6: S-Y-R-I-A-N
Syllables3: Syr·i·an
In writing14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is Syrian?

Syrian appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Syrian?

  • UK /ˈsɪɹ.i.ən/
  • US /ˈsɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/

Syrian has 3 syllables, split Syr·i·an in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Syrian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with Syrian?

7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Syrian from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹiən/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of Syrian

  • Syrians plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Syrian mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture.

  2. 2

    datedOf or relating to the Syriac language or alphabet.

  3. 3

    obsoleteproscribedOf, from, or pertaining to Assyria or the Assyrian people.

noun

  1. 1

    A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

  2. 2

    obsoleteproscribedA person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Syrian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsyrien (of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian…), Syrien, Syrienne (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent)
Germansyrisch (of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian…), Syrer, Syrerin (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent)
Portuguesesírio (of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian…)
Spanishsirio (of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Syrian come from?

From Syria + -an.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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