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Syro-

/ ˈsɪrəʊ- /

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  1. indicating Syrian and

    Syro-Lebanese

  2. indicating Syriac and

    Syro-Aramaic



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Syro-1

from Greek Suro-, from Suros a Syrian

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Example Sentences

The suppliant was "a woman of Canaan," or, as she is described more definitely elsewhere, a Syro-Phœnician woman.

The Syro-Hexaplar version, on the other hand, is extremely valuable for critical purposes.

The land of Uz appears to have been a general name for the great Syro-Arabian desert.

What we should have become, had not the Syro-Arabian creeds formed our minds, I dare not contemplate.

Mr. Newman certainly would not have had him drag out an inglorious and baffled existence in Syro-Phoenicia.

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