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Complete Definition of "Damascus"

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Etymology
From Latin #Latin|Damascus, from Greek Δαμασκός, from Aramaic דרמשק (darmeśeq) ‘well-watered place’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/dəˈmæskəs/

Proper noun
Damascus

  1. The capital city of Syria.

Derived terms
Damascene
damask
damson<!--etymologically derived from "Damascus"-->

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|دمشق (dímašq) (official name), ARchar|الشام (aš-šāmu) (informal) f
Aramaic:

Bosnian: Damask#Bosnian|Damask m
Bulgarian: Дамаск m
Catalan: Damasc
Chinese:

Croatian: Damask#Croatian|Damask m
Czech: Damašek m
Danish: Damaskus#Danish|Damaskus
Dutch: Damascus
Esperanto: Damasko
Finnish: Damaskos
French: Damas
German: Damaskus#German|Damaskus
Greek: Δαμασκός
Hebrew: דמשק (dameseq)
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Indonesian: Damaskus#Indonesian|Damaskus
Italian: Damasco#Italian|Damasco
Japanese: ダマスカス (Damasukasu)
Korean: 다마스쿠스 (damaseukuseu)
Kurdish: Şam
Lithuanian: Damaskas
Macedonian: Дамаск m
Maltese: Damasku
Norwegian: Damaskus
Persian: FAchar|دمشق
Polish: Damaszek
Romanian: Damasc
Russian: Дамаск (Damásk) m
Serbian:

Slovak: Damask
Slovene: Damask
Spanish: Damasco#Spanish|Damasco
Swedish: Damaskus#Swedish|Damaskus
Turkish: Şam

Category:Capital cities

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