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SYRACUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Syracuse mean?
• SYRACUSE (noun)
The noun SYRACUSE has 4 senses:
2. a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
3. the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)
4. the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse
Familiarity information: SYRACUSE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in central New York
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Syracuse" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Siracusa; Syracuse
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Syracuse" is a part of...):
Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
siege of Syracuse; Syracuse
Instance hypernyms:
beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
Domain region:
Sicilia; Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
siege of Syracuse; Syracuse
Instance hypernyms:
beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
Domain region:
Context examples
Physicists have been searching pentaquarks for almost 50 years, but the research group that made the discovery, a Syracuse University team, wasn't specifically looking for them.
(Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle, NSF)
An assistant professor of physics at Syracuse University is studying these materials, searching for the defects in each that produce a crack-like fissure called a shear band.
(Materials, like metallic glass, can help us understand how cells break, NSF)
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