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Syracuse.

Syracuse (a province of Sicily, Italy)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/si.ʁa.kyz/
  1. Syracuse (a province of Sicily, Italy)

    feminine
  2. Syracuse (a port, the capital city of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)

    feminine
  3. Syracuse (the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ)bor.? Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai)bor. Latin Syrācūsaelbor. French Syracuse Learned borrowing from Latin Syrācūsae. See above. In sense 3, borrowed back from English Syracuse, in turn from the French form of the name.

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