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SYRIAN

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 I. (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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

the Syrian government

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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)

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