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)
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[daːˈmas.kʊs]
Etimologia (Inglese)
From Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic source.