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palmyra

Syllables: Pal·my·ra/pælˈmaɪɹə//pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/

palmyra noun: a palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.

Noun

palmyra (plural palmyras)

  1. A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
    Synonyms:
    brab

Proper noun capitalized: Palmyra

Palmyra

  1. An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village.
    • In the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus (1:131; 3.8) mentioned the importance of the cult of Al-Ilât, i.e. Allat, in ancient Arabia. Her sanctuary at Palmyra (Pl. XVII), excavated in the 1970s by the Polish mission, is in the neighborhood of the temple of Baal Shamin and lends a special character...1979, Javier Teixidor, The Pantheon of Palmyra, E. J. Brill, page 53
    • The chief man in Palmyra had been charged by Rome to police the trade routes, paying for his militia from his own well-stuffed coffers as befitted a rich man with a civic conscience.1994, Lindsey Davis, Last Act In Palmyra, Random House, published 2011, page 297
  2. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A town and village therein, in Wayne County, New York, United States.
  4. A census-designated place, the county seat of Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
  5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Palmyra Township.

palmyra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

palmyra in Hindi

Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree
ताड़ tāṛ, ताल tāl

palmyra in Tamil

Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree
பனை paṉai

palmyra in Urdu

palmyra , toddy palm
تاڑ tāṛ

palmyra in Bengali

Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree
তাল tal
More languagesFewer languages
palmyra in Kannada
ತಾಟಿನುಂಗು tāṭinuṅgu
palmyra in Gujarati
તાડ tāṛ
palmyra in Assamese
তাল tal

Synonyms of palmyra

Forms of palmyra

pluralpalmyras

Origin of palmyra

From Portuguese palmeira (“palm tree”), from palma (“palm, palm tree”) + -eria (“-tree: forming tree names”), from Old Galician-Portuguese -eira (“-plant: forming plant names from their fruit”), from Latin -āria (“-ary: forming feminine nouns including plant names”).

From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). For more see Palmyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Words formed from palmyra

Phrases with palmyra

Words that rhyme with palmyra

Questions about palmyra

What does palmyra mean?
Palmyra means a palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
What is palmyra in Hindi?
Palmyra in Hindi is ताड़ (tāṛ), ताल (tāl). See Palmyra meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is palmyra?
Palmyra can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce palmyra?
Palmyra is pronounced /pælˈmaɪɹə/.
What is the plural of palmyra?
The plural of palmyra is palmyras.

Words near palmyra in the dictionary

  1. palmwood
  2. Palmwoods
  3. palmworm
  4. palmworms
  5. palmy
  6. palmyra
  7. Palmyra Atoll
  8. palmyra palm
  9. palmyra palms
  10. Palmyran
  11. Palmyrans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palmyra (page history and authors); Palmyra (page history and authors); تاڑ (Urdu) (page history and authors); તાડ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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