Damaskus

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Damaskus

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Etymology

Inherited from Dutch Damascus, from Middle Dutch damascus, from Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic language.

Proper noun

Damaskus

1. 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)

Related terms

• Damaskeens
• Damaskener
• Damasseen
• Damasseens

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Proper noun

Damaskus

1. 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)

German

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Etymology

From Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from an ancient Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈmaskʊs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Damaskus n (proper noun, genitive Damaskus' or (with an article) Damaskus)

1. 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)

Derived terms

• Damaskuserlebnis
• Damaszener
• damaszenisch

Related terms

• Damast

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Damaskus

1. 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)

See also

• Syria

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Damaskus

1. 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)

See also

• Syria

Swedish

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Damaskus

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Proper noun

Damaskus n (genitive Damaskus)

1. 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)