Damascus

Meaning

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)

Concepts

Pronounced as (IPA)
[daːˈmas.kʊs]
Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic source.

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