Damascena
Damascena proper noun: a historical region of Syria. Capital: Damascus.
Proper noun
Damascena
- A historical region of Syria. Capital: Damascus.
- Beſides this, all Judæa and Iſrael were now maſtered to his hands; all the Arabians his borderers, the Syrians of Zobah, of Damaſcena, of Palmyrena, of Ituræa; all of Idumæa, Moab, and Ammon, paid him tribute; as likewiſe did the Hittites, who with the Perizzites, Hevites, Jebuſites, and other...1614, Walter Raleigh, The Historie of the World, page 419
- Damascus, dă-masˈ-cus, an ancient and wealthy city of Damascena, dă-mas-cēˈ-na, the district of Syria near Mount Libănus.1871, Samuel Orchart Beeton, Beeton's Classical Dictionary, page 99
Forms of Damascena
| alternative form | Damascene |
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Origin of Damascena
From Latin Damascēna, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνή (Damaskēnḗ).
Words formed from Damascena
- Damascenian
Words that rhyme with Damascena
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- nina
- semolina
- subpoena
- cantina
- falanghina
- galena
- latina
- piscina
- Thumbelina
- Tryphena
- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Argentina
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Palmyrena
- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about Damascena
- What does Damascena mean?
- Damascena means a historical region of Syria. Capital: Damascus.
- What part of speech is Damascena?
- Damascena is a proper noun.
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