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Serian may refer to:
- Syrian (band), An Italian synthpop band
- Syrian Jews
- Syrian Wars, a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Ephrem the Syrian
In places:
- Serian, Punjab, a town in Punjab, Pakistan
- Serian, Sarawak, a town in Sarawak, Malaysia
- Serian (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat
In zoology:
- Syrian brown bear, a subspecies of brown bear
- Syrian camel, an extinct species of camel from Syria
- Syrian elephant, extinct elephant
- Syrian hamster, a commonly kept pet
- Syrian serin, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae
- Syrian wild ass, an extinct subspecies of Equus hemionus
- Syrian woodpecker, a member of the woodpecker family, the Picidae
Serian is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.
The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Usage examples of "serian".
Serian who was taller and much fleshier than the sailors, stood impassively while at his side a secretary jotted the count onto a tablet of bamboo sheets.
Serian ships with square bows and slatted sails were berthed end to end with catamarans from Dalopo, bulbous grain haulers from Ornifal, and small craft carrying wine or citrus fruit or metalwork from a dozen islands, some too small to have names to any but their own citizens.
The Serian crewmen were on three-quarter rations of oatcakes and onions supplemented by the occasional fish, adequate until the Golden Dragon docked at a real port, but the Highlanders would starve unless something was done promptly.
Serian factory had grown larger with each passing minute after nightfall, the way some of the showiest flowers open in the darkness.
Serian stylespider-legged stools only inches off the floor, placed around a low table.
Serian ships with square bows and slatted sails were berthed end to end with catamarans from Dalopo, bulbous grain haulers from Omifal, and small craft carrying wine or citrus fruit or metalwork from a dozen islands, some too small to have names to any but their own citizens.