Syracusan

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

Ex. The Syracusan expedition was the deathblow of the Athenian Empire. (John Buchan).

2. noun
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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