Damascus

//dəˈmæskəs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Damascus steel. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

Synonyms

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capital of syriadimashdimashq

Example

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"The Arabs declared an independent country with its capital at Damascus, but this was quickly divided into various colonies by the English and French."

Etymology

From Latin Dāmascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic form akin to Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק and Samalian 𐤃𐤌𐤔𐤒 (dmšq). Doublet of Dimashq.

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