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Tyrus

Tyrus is the alternative form of Tyre.

Meaning of Tyre

Proper noun (1)

Tyre

  1. A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.
  2. An unincorporated community in Austin Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States, named after the biblical Tyre.
  3. A town and hamlet therein, in Seneca County, New York, United States, named after Tyre, Lebanon.

Proper noun (2)

Tyre (plural Tyres)

  1. A surname
  2. A male given name.

See all 11 meanings of tyre

Questions about Tyrus

What is Tyrus the alternative form of?
Tyrus is the alternative form of Tyre.

Words near Tyrus in the dictionary

  1. Tyrsenian
  2. Tyrsenians
  3. Tyrtaean
  4. Tyrtaeus
  5. Tyrtæan
  6. Tyrus
  7. Tyrving
  8. Tyrwhitt
  9. TYs
  10. Tysaashvan
  11. Tyseley

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