1. Syria (proper noun, geographic region) — The Roman province of Syria, a geographic region north of Palestine that included the city of Antioch, a major center of early Christianity; mentioned in contexts of Jesus' fame spreading (Matt 4:24), Roman governance (Luke 2:2), and Paul's missionary journeys (Acts 15:23, 41; 18:18; 20:3; 21:3; Gal 1:21). Both clusters are the same proper noun with minor orthographic variation in transliteration. Spanish 'Siria/Syría' shows the classical vs modern spelling variation; Hindi 'सीरिया/सुरिया' reflects two transliteration traditions; Arabic 'سُورِيَّة/سورِيَة' (with and without shadda) are trivial orthographic variants of the same name; Korean '수리아' is uniform across both clusters; Swahili alternates between 'Siria', 'Shamu' (from Sham, the Arabic regional name), and 'Suría', revealing rich cultural naming layers. 8×
AR["سوريّا","سورِيَةَ","سُورِيَةَ","سُورِيَّا","سُورِيَّةَ"]·ben["সিরিয়া","সিরিয়ার,","সুরিয়া","সুরিয়ায়।","সুরিয়ার"]·DE["Syrien"]·EN["Suria","Syria"]·FR["Syrie"]·heb["וְ-","סוּרְיָה","סוּרִיָּה"]·HI["सीरिया","सीरिया-में","सुरिय,","सुरिया"]·ID["Siria","Siria.","itu"]·IT["Siria","surian","surias"]·jav["Siria","Siria,","Siria."]·KO["수리아","수리아-를","수리아로","수리아와","시리아,"]·PT["Síria","Síria,"]·RU["Сирией","Сирии","Сирию","Сирию,"]·ES["Siria","Syr ́ía","Syría"]·SW["Shamu","Siria","Suría"]·TR["Suriye","Suriye'de","Suriye'nin","Suriye'ye","Suriye'yi"]·urd["شام"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
(i.e. γῆ); Syria , Refs 5th c.BC, etc.: Σ. ἡ Παλαιστίνη Palestine , Refs 5th c.BC: Κοίλη Σ. the district between Libanus and Anti-libanus, Refs 1st c.BC (Middle Liddel)