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Homs

//hɒms// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.
  2. 2
    A governorate in western Syria.

Etymology

From a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Emesa.

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