Definitions for syracuse
ˈsɪr əˌkyus, -ˌkyuzsyra·cuse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Syracusenoun

   a city in central New York

2. Syracuse, Siracusanoun

   a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC

3. Syracuse, siege of Syracusenoun

   the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)

4. Syracuse, siege of Syracusenoun

   the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Syracusenoun

   Province of Sicily, Italy.

2. Syracusenoun

   City and port in the province of Syracuse.

3. Syracusenoun

   A city in New York state.

4. Syracusenoun

   Small municipalities, each with less than 2000 inhabitants, in the American states of Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, and Utah.

5. Syracusenoun

   A type of red wine.

6. Etymology: Ultimately from Συρακοῦσαι.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Syracusenoun

   a red wine of Italy

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Syracuse

   Syracuse is a town in Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,810 at the 2010 census. Syracuse is the location of Lake Syracuse and the nearby, larger Lake Wawasee, in addition to several other lakes in the region.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Syracuse

   1, one of the great cities of antiquity (19), occupied a wide triangular tableland on the SE. coast of Sicily, 80 m. SW. of Messina, and also the small island Ortygia, lying close to the shore; founded by Corinthian settlers about 733 B.C.; amongst its rulers were the tyrants Dionysius the Elder and Dionysius the Younger (q. v.) and Hiero, the patron of Æschylus, Pindar, &c.; successfully resisted the long siege of the Athenians in 414 B.C., and rose to a great pitch of renown after its struggle with the Carthaginians in 397 B.C., but siding with Hannibal in the Punic Wars, was taken after a two years' siege by the Romans (212 B.C.), in whose hands it slowly declined, and finally was sacked and destroyed by the Saracens in 878 A.D. Only the portion on Ortygia was rebuilt, and this constitutes the modern city, which has interesting relics of its former greatness, but is otherwise a crowded and dirty place, surrounded by walls, and fortified; exports fruit, olive-oil, and wine. 2, A city (108) of New York State, United States, 148 m. W. of Albany, in the beautiful valley of Onondaga; is a spacious and handsomely laid-out city, with university, &c.; has flourishing steel-works, foundries, rolling-mills, &c., and enormous salt manufactures.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. syracuse

   (It. Siracusa). Anciently the most famous and powerful city of Sicily, situated on the southeast coast of the island, 80 miles south-southwest from Messina; was founded by a body of Corinthian settlers under Archias, one of the Bacchiadæ, 734 B.C. In 486 a revolution took place and the oligarchic families—Geomori, or Gamori, “land-owners”—were expelled, and the sovereign power was transferred to the citizens at large. Before a year passed, however, Gelon, “despot” of Gela, had restored the exiles, and at the same time made himself master of Syracuse. Hieron, brother of Gelon, raised Syracuse to an unexampled degree of prosperity. Hieron died in 467, and was succeeded by his brother Thrasybulus; but the rapacity and cruelty of the latter soon provoked a revolt among his subjects, which led to his deposition and the establishment of a democratical form of government. The next most important event in the history of Syracuse was the siege of the city by the Athenians, which ended in the total destruction of the great Athenian armament in 413; and Syracuse’s renown at once spread over the whole Greek world. Dionysius restored the “tyranny” of Gelon, and his fierce and victorious war with Carthage (397 B.C.) raised the renown of Syracuse still higher. On the death of Hieron II., his grandson Hieronymus, who succeeded him, espoused the side of the Carthaginians. A Roman army under Marcellus was sent against Syracuse, and after a siege of two years, during which Archimedes assisted his fellow-citizens by the construction of various engines of war, the city was taken by Marcellus in 212. Under the Romans, Syracuse slowly but surely declined. Captured, pillaged, and burned by the Saracens (878) it sunk into complete decay, so that very few traces of its ancient grandeur are now to be seen. It was taken by Count Roger, the Norman, 1088; in the insurrection, Syracuse surrendered to the Neapolitan troops, April 8, 1849.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SYRACUSE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Syracuse is ranked #38214 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Syracuse surname appeared 580 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Syracuse.
   
   94.3% or 547 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • New York
   • Sicily
   • City
   • Siege

How to pronounce syracuse?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of syracuse in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of syracuse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of syracuse in a Sentence

1. Kent Syverud:

   My kids were threatened... my wife was subjected to many racial epithets, their car tires were slashed, my kids' dog was shot. There was little investigation, those responsible were never found. That was then, that was the South. It was hard for my wife, it was hard for my kids. But this is Syracuse. This is 2019. I do not accept this hatred here and now, this is not who Syracuse is at its best, and is not who we can let ourselves become.

2. Mark Muhammad:

   I am honored to join the Syracuse City School District Board of Education, we are fortunate to live in a country where we are free to practice the religion we choose ; and to work to help others, regardless of their ethnicity, socio-economic or religious background.

3. Dabo Swinney:

   The open date comes at a good time for us, we are a MASH unit. We have a lot of guys who would have a hard time playing this week. We can get a head start on Syracuse and get healthy.

4. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh:

   Did you see that thing? That’s Sidat-Singh! The Syracuse Walking Dream!

5. Michael Hausfeld:

   I understand, I think, where the NCAA is coming from. We would not let the NCAA come in and tell us how to run our chemistry department at Syracuse University, it sounds like someone is trying to say the NCAA should have been supervising that department at the University of North Carolina, and there's no logic to that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=syracuse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Syracuse
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syracuse
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=syracuse
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Syracuse
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html