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Damasc

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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)

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Pronounced as (IPA)
[dəˈmask]
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin
Latin
Damascus
Cognate with Hebrew
דַּמֶּשֶׂק
In summary

Borrowed from Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic form akin to Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק.

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Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Constantinoble Palestina Síria
Síria
Istanbul Alexandria
Alexandria
Barcelona
Barcelona

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Damascus

Dimash

capital of Syria

capital de Síria

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