Syracusan

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adjective

Of, from or relating to the city of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

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Meanings

adjectiveSyracusan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, from or relating to the city of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

    The Syracusan expedition was the deathblow of the Athenian Empire.

    1921, John Buchan, chapter XL, in A History of the Great War, volume II, London; Edinburgh; New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., page 344
  2. not comparableOf, from or relating to the city of Syracuse, New York, United States.
nounSyracusan (plural Syracusans)

plural Syracusans

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

    Dionysius...obliged the Syracusans to accept his tokens in place of silver coins.

    1875, William Stanley Jevons, Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, New York: D. Appleton and Company
  2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Syracuse, New York, United States.

Origin

From Syracuse + -an.

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Translations

French syracusain, Syracusain
  • syracusainof, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy
  • Syracusainperson from Syracuse, Italy
  • Syracusaineperson from Syracuse, Italy
German syrakusisch, Syrakuser
  • syrakusischof, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy
  • Syrakuserperson from Syracuse, Italy
  • Syrakuserinperson from Syracuse, Italy
Italian siracusano, siracusano
  • siracusanoof, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy
  • siracusanoperson from Syracuse, Italy
  • siracusanaperson from Syracuse, Italy
Polish syrakuzański, syrakuzanin
  • syrakuzańskiof, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy
  • syrakuzaninperson from Syracuse, Italy
  • syrakuzankaperson from Syracuse, Italy
Portuguese siracusano, siracusano
  • siracusanoof, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy
  • siracusanoperson from Syracuse, Italy
  • siracusanaperson from Syracuse, Italy
Spanish siracusano, siracusano
  • siracusanoof, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy
  • siracusanoperson from Syracuse, Italy
  • siracusanaperson from Syracuse, Italy
Cite this entry
APA

Syracusan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Syracusan

MLA

“Syracusan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Syracusan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Syracusan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Syracusan.

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