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syracuse
/ˈsɪɹəkˌjuz/
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What does syracuse mean?
noun
- A type of red wine.
proper noun
- A former province of Sicily, Italy; abolished in 2015 and replaced by an equivalent administrative entity.
- A city and port, the capital of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
More meanings (9)
proper noun
- A town in Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Kansas.
- A minor city in Morgan County, Missouri.
- A city in Otoe County, Nebraska.
- A city, the county seat of Onondaga County, New York.
- Ellipsis of Syracuse University (in New York).
- A village in Sutton Township, Meigs County, Ohio.
- A city in Davis County, Utah.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɪɹəkˌjuz/
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The most considerable men and better sort of the citizens of Syracuse, clad all in white, met him at the gates.
During the return to Syracuse, the chances of falling in with them were become fewer.
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Xenophanes complained one day to Hiero, the tyrant of Syracuse, that he was so poor he had not wherewithal to maintain two servants.
Wild with enthusiasm he sprang from the bath, and, forgetting his robe, dashed along the streets of Syracuse, shouting: "Eureka! Eureka!"
The little flashes of white fire on each side were lost in the low sky, and the reverent robber of Syracuse saw Arnaux nevermore.