Syria (disambiguation)
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Syria may refer to several political or geographic entities in western Asia:
- Syria, a modern-day country in the Middle East
- Greater Syria, a historic region comprising several modern states
- A historic region of varying and indefinite borders being a subset of Greater Syria but including territory not now in modern-day Syria such as the countries Israel & the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, the Hatay region of Turkey and the Gaza Strip.
- The ancient Greek name for Aramaea
- The Roman province of Syria, see History of Syria
- The French Mandate of Syria
- The Seleucid Empire
Syria may also refer to:
- Syria, Virginia, a town in the United States