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- proper noun Plural form of
Syriac .
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Examples
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A quarter of the city's inhabitants are Assyrians (also known as Syriacs and Caldeans).
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Turkey is almost emptied of Assyrians, who are also called Syriacs and Chaldeans.
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My people, the Assyrians (also known as Syriacs and Chaldeans), have also started accusing each other of election fraud.
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My people, the Assyrians (also known as Syriacs and Chaldeans), have also started accusing each other of election fraud.
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The victims were Assyrians – an ethnically and linguistically discrete people also known as Chaldeans or Syriacs according to denomination – and Yazidis, members of two ancient communities who, like all the vulnerable elements of Iraqi society, have suffered disproportionately in the aftermath of the war.
The desperate plight of Iraq's Assyrians and other minorities | Mardean Isaac 2011
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Viewed by Syriacs as a "second Jerusalem," it sits atop a hill overlooking now solidly Muslim lands.
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Viewed by Syriacs as a "second Jerusalem," it sits atop a hill overlooking now solidly Muslim lands.
Defending the Faith 2009
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Aramaeans - from the 14th century BC, evolve into the Syriacs of the early centuries AD
The Palestinian Mufti's Deal with Hitler: Kill All the Jews in the Middle East 2007
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It was an outlandish place, Galatia, a Celtic outpost in a sub-continent peopled by those of Persic, Syriac, Germanic and Hittite strains; all save the Syriacs tended to be fair, at least of skin, but not fair like these Celtic immigrants descended from the second King Brennus of the Gauls.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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My Friend: These are not Armenians, but Syriacs and Chaldeans.
Martyred Armenia F��'iz El-Ghusein
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