page_title: Syrmia
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Syrmia / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Grb Srema
context_page_description: Syrmia is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exception of the low Fruška gora mountain stretching along the Danube in its northern part.
context_section_description: The word "Syrmia" is derived from the ancient city of Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica). Sirmium was a Celtic or Illyrian town founded in the third century BC.
  Srem (Serbian Cyrillic: Срем) and Srijem are used to designate the region in Serbia and Croatia respectively. Other names for the region include:
  Latin: Syrmia or Sirmium
  Hungarian: Szerémség or Szerém
  Slovak: Sriem
  German: Syrmien
  Rusyn: Срим
  Turkish: Sirem
  Ukrainian: Срем, also Срім or Срим
  French: Syrmie
  Italian: Sirmia
  Greek: Syrmia, Σύρμια
  Polish: Srem
caption: Srem coat of arms
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