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daman

/dəˈmɑːn/

daman noun: the rock hyrax.

Noun

daman (plural damans)

  1. The rock hyrax.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Daman

Daman

  1. The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
  2. A district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
  3. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Daman

Daman (plural Damans)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of daman

Noun
pluraldamans
Proper noun
pluralDamans

Origin of daman

From Arabic دَمَان (damān) (إسرائيل (Isrā'īl)), literally "lamb (of Israel)."

*The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.

Borrowed from Dutch Daman, variant of Damman.

Phrases with daman

Words that rhyme with daman

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Questions about daman

What does daman mean?
Daman means the rock hyrax.
What part of speech is daman?
Daman can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce daman?
Daman is pronounced /dəˈmɑːn/.
What is the plural of daman?
The plural of daman is damans.

Words near daman in the dictionary

  1. damagings
  2. Damagou
  3. Damakawa
  4. damalisk
  5. damalisks
  6. daman
  7. Daman and Diu
  8. Damaneh
  9. Damanhur
  10. damans
  11. Damansky

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