English

Adjective
Syracusan

1. Of or belonging to Syracuse, a city in Sicily, Italy, or of the city of Syracuse in central New York|New York State.

#:Ex. The Syracusan expedition was the deathblow of the Athens|Athenian Empire. (John Buchan).

Noun
Syracusan (plural: Syracusans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Syracuse, Sicily, or of Syracuse, New York.

#:Ex. Dionysius...obliged the Syracusans to accept his tokens in place of silver coins. (William Stanley Jevons)

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