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Syracuse

Syracuse

80 2.9
A city in central New York State in the United States
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsɪrəkjuːs/
translation icon : Syracuse (Nueva York)
  • By that year, I had transferred to Syracuse University and lived at home.
  • Syracuse University
  • Syracuse, NY
  • city of Syracuse

And if you didn't have your Manly issued sweatpants sweatshirt, he sent you outside in Syracuse with a foot of snow with shorts and AT shirt on.

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Examples

  • Medical students spend the first two years at Syracuse and the third and fourth years at Binghamton.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Sue Kowalski is the teacher librarian at Pine Grove Middle School in Syracuse, New York.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I moved away from Syracuse and came out here.

  • Last time we were alone in a hotel room was in Syracuse.

  • I did nine plays and eight months up at Syracuse.

  • Out in Boston, he grew up in Syracuse.

  • While my capable son graduated from Syracuse, that class had trouble getting jobs.

  • He's from Syracuse, New York.

  • Let's go to Adam in Syracuse, NY Adam, what's going on?

  • I visited Syracuse, New York, last summer to enjoy the local festivals.

Compounds

A long siege by Athenian forces from 415 to 413 BC that ends in their defeat

A Roman siege from 214 to 212 BC that captures the city and kills Archimedes

Surface Forms

Syracuse main

Etymology

Syracuse (New York) was named after the ancient Sicilian city Syrakousai, so the American city borrowed the old name from the well-known Mediterranean city and keeps that link today.