How do you pronounce Coele Syria?
coele-syr·i·a. Was there a Seleucid in Syria? Seleucid Empire Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν Basileía tōn Seleukidōn Common languages Greek (official) Persian Aramaic What does Coele? word element [Gr.], cavity; space. What was Syria called before? The modern name of Syria is claimed by some scholars to have derived from Herodotus’ habit of referring to the whole…