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Dimashq

Dimashq proper noun: synonym of 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.

Proper noun

Dimashq

  1. Synonym of 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.
    • Between 1960 and 1970 the population of Dimashq and Halab provinces increased to more than 1.4 million and 1.3 million, respectively, and by 1970 accounted for some 44 percent of the total population.1971 May, Richard F. Nyrop, Beryl Lieff Benderly, William W. Cover, Susan R. MacKnight, Gordon C. McDonald, Newton B. Parker, Suzanne Teleki, “Physical Environment and Population”, in Area Handbook...
    • The large number of coins from Dimashq can be attributed to Jericho’s placement in that province, yet even so the number is high considering the distance the coins had to travel.2000, Alan Walmsley, “Production, exhange and regional trade in the Islamic East Mediterranean: old structures, new systems?”, in Inge Lyse Hansen, Chris Wickham, editors, The Long Eighth Century...
    Synonyms:
    Damascus

Examples of Dimashq in a sentence

  • On Monday, al-Megrahi’s brother, Abel Nasser, spoke to reporters outside the villa, in the posh Dimashq neighbourhood.2011 August 30, David D. Kirkpatrick, Rod Nordland, Alan Cowell, “Extradition of Lockerbie bomber ruled out”, in The Gazette, Montreal...
  • Someday, my art would adorn every corner of Dimashq.2017, Kirthi Jayakumar, chapter 1, in The Doodler of Dimashq: A Heart Wrenching Tale of Hope from Syria’s Rubble, New Delhi: Readomania...

Synonyms of Dimashq

Origin of Dimashq

From Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq). Doublet of Damascus.

Questions about Dimashq

What does Dimashq mean?
Dimashq means synonym of 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.
How do you use Dimashq in a sentence?
On Monday, al-Megrahi’s brother, Abel Nasser, spoke to reporters outside the villa, in the posh Dimashq neighbourhood.
What part of speech is Dimashq?
Dimashq is a proper noun.

Words near Dimashq in the dictionary

  1. Dimas
  2. Dimasa
  3. Dimasalang
  4. Dimascio
  5. Dimascios
  6. Dimashq
  7. Dimasi
  8. Dimataling
  9. Dimatis
  10. DiMatteo
  11. DiMatteos

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