Tyre

1. A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.
2. An unincorporated community in Austin Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States, named after the biblical Tyre.
3. A town and hamlet therein, in Seneca County, New York, United States, named after Tyre, Lebanon.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Aramaic: טוּרָא

Cognate with Akkadian: 𒋗𒊒

Cognate with Riffian: aẓru

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵥⵔⵓ

Cognate with Arabic: صُور

Cognate with Hebrew: צוֹר

Cognate with Turkish: Sur

In summary

From Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, “mountain, high territory”), Akkadian 𒌷𒀫𒊒 (ᵁᴿᵁṣur-ru /⁠Ṣurru⁠/), Tarifit aẓru (“rock”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵔⵓ (aẓru, “stone”), Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣Vrr- (“flint”). Cognate to Arabic صُور (ṣūr), Hebrew צוֹר (Tzor), Tiberian Hebrew צר (Ṣōr), Turkish Sur.

Synonyms

Sur

Tyr

Translations

صور

Tyr

Tyr

Tiro

Tiro

Tir

Τύρος

Tiro

Tyrus

Tyrus

Sur

Tyros

Tyrus

Tyre

SUR