"Syracuse" meaning in French

See Syracuse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /si.ʁa.kyz/
Rhymes: -yz Etymology: From Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai). See above. In sense 3, borrowed back from English Syracuse, in turn from the French form of the name. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|qsb-grc|phn}}, {{bor|fr|la|Syrācūsae}} Latin Syrācūsae, {{der|fr|grc|Συρᾱ́κουσαι}} Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai), {{bor|fr|en|Syracuse}} English Syracuse, {{der|fr|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Syracuse f
  1. Syracuse (a province of Sicily, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Italy, Places in Sicily, Italy, Provinces of Italy
    Sense id: en-Syracuse-fr-name-gLF6rJmD
  2. Syracuse (a port, the capital city of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Cities in Sicily, Italy, Places in Italy, Places in Sicily, Italy
    Sense id: en-Syracuse-fr-name-EldioBaA Categories (other): Ports, Provincial capitals of Italy
  3. Syracuse (the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Syracuse-fr-name-QSqkPcsM Categories (other): County seats of New York, USA, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French exonyms, French terms borrowed back into French Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 2 13 6 6 16 13 13 6 6 2 0 0 2 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 14 5 5 18 14 14 5 5 1 0 0 2 15 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 87 Disambiguation of French exonyms: 1 13 87 Disambiguation of French terms borrowed back into French: 1 10 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: syracusain, Syracusain
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