Syrian (disambiguation)

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A Syrian is a citizen of the Syrian Arab Republic. The name is also used for the native inhabitants of the historical regions of Syria, members of Syrian Christian churches and as a synonym for ethnic Assyrians.^[1][2]

Syrian may also refer to:

Animals

• Syrian (horse)
• Syrian brown bear, a subspecies of brown bear
• Syrian camel, an extinct species of camel from Syria
• Syrian elephant, extinct elephant
• Syrian hamster, a commonly kept pet
• Syrian serin, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae
• Syrian wild ass, an extinct subspecies of Equus hemionus
• Syrian woodpecker, a member of the woodpecker family, the Picidae

People

• Syrian American, resident of the United States of Syrian ancestry or nationality
• Syrian Brazilian, resident of Brazil of Syrian ancestry or nationality
• Syrian diaspora, refers to the native Syrian people, living outside of Syria, as either immigrants or refugees
• Syrian Jews, Jews who inhabit the region of the modern state of Syria, and their descendants born outside Syria
• Ephrem the Syrian (306–373), Syriac and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, and especially in the Syriac Orthodox Church, as a saint
• Michael the Syrian (died 1199), Michael the Elder, in opposition to his nephew, was a patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199
• Rezon the Syrian, the Syrian was an enemy of King Solomon mentioned in 1 Kings
• Syrian (band), an Italian synthpop band

Places

• Syrian Desert, located in the northern Arabian Peninsula covering 200,000 square miles
• Syrian tetrapolis

Other

• Syrian Malabar Nasrani
• Syrian Arabic, a variety of Arabic spoken in Syria

See also

• Syria (disambiguation)
• Syriac (disambiguation)
• Sirian (disambiguation)
• Syrian (language)
• Syrian bean-caper
• Cerean (disambiguation), homophone of "Syrian"

References