{"def":{"lit":"exalted","short":"Syria (i.e., Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia","long":["a region of Asia bounded on the north by Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean"]},"deriv":"probably of Hebrew origin (H6865)","pronun":{"ipa":"syˈri.ɑ","ipa_mod":"sjuˈri.ɑ","sbl":"syria","dic":"soo-REE-ah","dic_mod":"syoo-REE-ah"},"see":["H6865"]}