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/ˈsɪɹəkˌjuz/
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- the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse
- a city in central New York
- a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
- the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)
How To Use Syracuse In A Sentence
- The Syracuse group is developing prototypes of software technologies which will accelerate the take-up of general purpose parallel computing.
- This article originally appeared in the Syracuse New Times.
- On the strength of those grades, he won a scholarship to Syracuse University.
- We don't take kindly to catamite-poaching in this neck of Syracuse. Jilly Gagnon: Moments of Great Genius
- He received a bachelor of arts degree from Syracuse University and in the early 1950s did graduate studies in musicology at Princeton.
- The spontaneous appearance of a forest of oaks on the eastern shores of Asia was just as probable, under favoring conditions -- though occurring subsequently to the time of their appearance on this continent -- as that of the miniature forests of "samphire," or small saline plants, which spontaneously made their appearance about the salt-works of Syracuse, when conditions actually favored. Life: Its True Genesis
- This is most stunningly displayed in the show's chief highlight, a re - creation of the dining room first exhibited in the 1903 Arts and Crafts Exhibition organized by Stickley in Syracuse, N.Y. The room incorporates the handsome, massive furniture in a setting where everything from the oak-and-burlap wainscot to the pottery vessels on the table and sideboard was designed or overseen by Stickley himself. Four-Square Reformer
- (This suggests that this year's late struggler, Syracuse, may not be entirely doomed). Mastering the Art of Upsetology
- David J. Hanson, a retired professor from nearby Syracuse University, has studied youth drinking and likes Montreal's laissez-faire policies.
- Mr. Boyle, a former Syracuse cop appointed by former Republican Governor George Pataki, told the Post last week that current Democratic Governor David Paterson's administration had tried to "intimidate" him into accepting a $500,000 settlement in lieu of yanking liquor licenses at nine Cipriani eateries, including the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. Powerful Liquor Authority Chairman Now Less Powerful
