What is "siris"

n. large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind [syn: siris tree, Albizia lebbeck, Albizzia lebbeck]

Siris may refer to:

Geography

• Siris (Magna Graecia), an ancient city in southern Italy
• Serres, a city in Macedonia called Siris by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus
• Siris, Sardinia, an Italian commune
• Sinni (river) (Siris in Latin), Italy

Mythology

• Siris (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology; also known as Sinis
• Siris (goddess), Mesopotamian goddess of beer

Other uses

• Albizia or Siris, plants in the legume genus, also known as silk trees
• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System, or SIRIS
• Siris (band), an international rock group
• Michael Siris (born 1945), American attorney
• Siris, the main character from the Infinity Blade series of games
• Siris was a treatise on the use of tar-water and several philosophical issues by Irish philosopher George Berkeley, first published in 1744

The Mesopotamian goddess Siris was the patron of beer who is conceived of as a demon, which is not necessarily evil. She is said to be the daughter of the goddess Ninkasi.

Although beer as we know it had its origins in Mesopotamia, fermented beverages quickly spread around the world from Mesopotamia as the drink was shared with kings and rulers.

Siris is considered the mother of Zu; a large bird that can breathe fire and water.

SIRIS is the name of American music duo Michael and Patrick Maley. Their name SIRIS was derived from two Chinese words "sai" 赛 and "ri" 日, meaning to surpass the sun. Hailing from the city of Philadelphia, the brothers are best known as the only western band in the world performing and composing their own original English and Chinese language songs.

Siris ( Greek: ) was an ancient city of Magna Graecia (in modern southern Italy), situated at the mouth of the river of the same name flowing into the Tarentine gulf, and now called the Sinni.