Daman

//dəˈmɑːn// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The rock hyrax.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
  2. 2
    A surname from Dutch.
  3. 3
    A district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
  4. 4
    A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

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hyrax

Etymology

Etymology 1

*The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch Daman, variant of Damman.

Etymology 3

From Arabic دَمَان (damān) (إسرائيل (Isrā'īl)), literally "lamb (of Israel)."

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daman and diu

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