Dimashq

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Damascus: 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.

Word forms

Dimashq

Etymology

From Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq). Doublet of Damascus.

Synonyms

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