סוּרְיָא, (Συρία) Syria, name of several districts situated north-east of Palestine (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 292), sharing in many respects the sanctity of the Holy Land. Ab. Zar. I, 5 ובס׳ וכ׳ but in Syria &c., contrad. to א"י (Palestine) and to חוצה לארץ (v. אֶרֶץ). Ḥall. IV, 11. Shebi. VI, 2; 5, sq. Ohol. XVIII, 7; a.fr.