English Explanatory Dictionary

Daman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/dəˈmɑːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Daman.wav

Word forms

Daman Damans

Etymology

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

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 達曼 /达曼 Hindi: दमन Japanese: ダマン Portuguese: Damão Russian: Дама́н Spanish: Damán
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