Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former Portuguese colony of northwest India on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Khambhat. It was acquired by the Portuguese in 1539 and annexed by India in 1962.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Syrian hyrax, Hyrax syriacus; the cony of the Bible. See
cony and Hyrax. Also writtendamon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is
Hyrax Syriacus ; that of Northern Africa isHyrax Brucei ; -- called alsoashkoko ,dassy , androck rabbit . Seecony , andhyrax .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Capital of the union territory of
Daman and Diu (India ). - proper noun A male
given name used in India, derived from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient GreekDamian , the brother ofCosmas .
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Examples
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Koh Daman is chiefly famous for its grapes and other fruits, on which the people largely subsist, besides exporting immense quantities.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Nevertheless, the Gazetteer pages cited here provide useful information about the social composition of the district: Koh Daman is a favourite country residence of the wealthy inhabitants of Kabul, and is almost as thickly studded with forts as with gardens.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Koh Daman is very well watered by the Ghorband and Panjsher Rivers, and the district's natural irrigation is amplified by innumerable man-made canals.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Daman, which is jointly owned by the government of Abu Dhabi (80%) and Munich Re (20%), started operations in 2006.
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Hauing passed Diu, I came to the second city that the Portugals haue, called Daman, situated in the territory of Cambaia, distant from Diu an hundred and twenty miles: it is no towne of merchandise, saue Rice and corne, and hath many villages vnder it, where in time of peace the Portugals take their pleasure, but in time of warre the enemies haue the spoile of them; in such wise that the Portugals haue little benefit by them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In 'Daman', given a good role I even agreed to play mother to Raima Sen, "she said.
Screen News 2009
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Daman Prakash , a director for MNC Bullion, a trading firm based in the southern city of Chennai, said he expects to see more demand from retail customers when prices fall to 26,000-27,000 rupees per 10 grams.
India Slows Rush for Gold Debiprasad Nayak 2011
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It's the same way "Gossip Girl"'s costume designer Eric Daman—who also worked on "Sex and the City"—arranges wardrobes on the show.
A Gossip Girl's Main Stage Lauren A.E. Schuker 2012
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Choos and skin-tight jeans, says costume designer Eric Daman.
Trendy CW teens hit both coasts on 'Gossip' and '90210' 2009
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Airportman said that in Hsiaoliin village, the Siraya tribe is almost vanished; now everything is buried in the mud: the temples, the Daman tribe culture and the night ceremony the tribe tried to revive in the past few decades.
Global Voices in English » Taiwan: The future for the aboriginal people after Typhoon Morakot 2009
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