Industrial city on Lake Onondaga, in New York State, US; Industries include the manufacture of electrical and other machinery, paper, and food processing.
There are canal links with the Great Lakes, and the Hudson and St Lawrence rivers.
Syracuse University is here. Syracuse was settled in the 1780s on the site of a former Iroquois capital and developed as a salt-mining center.
1. A city in central New York.
2. A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC; Also called: Siracusa.
3. The Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse; Also called: siege of Syracuse.
4. The Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes); Also called: siege of Syracuse.
5. City in Kansas (USA); zip code 67878.
6. City in Missouri (USA); zip code 65354.
7. City in Nebraska (USA); zip code 68446.
8. City in Utah (USA); zip code 84075.
9. Town in Indiana (USA); zip code 46567.
10. Village in Ohio (USA).
Industrial port (chemicals, salt) in E Sicily; It has a cathedral and remains of temples, aqueducts, catacombs, and an amphitheater. Founded 734 BC by the Corinthians, it became a center of Greek culture under the elder and younger Dionysius. After a three-year siege it was taken by Rome 212 BC. In AD 878 it was destroyed by the Arabs, and the rebuilt town came under Norman rule in the 11th century.