Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Syria, in the southwest part of the country. Inhabited since prehistoric times, the city became a thriving commercial center under the Romans and was a Saracen stronghold during the Crusades.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Steel or iron resembling that of a Damascus blade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A city of Syria.
- noun a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence.
- noun metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damask appearance.
- noun See Damask steel, under
Damask , a.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
capital city ofSyria .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
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Examples
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DAMASCUS — Senior U.S. diplomat William Burns met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus Wednesday, the latest move in a growing rapprochement between Syria and Washington even as outreach to Syrian ally Iran appears to be faltering.
U.S. Diplomat, Syrian President Meet in Damascus Sarah Birke 2010
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DAMASCUS — Senior U.S. diplomat William Burns met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus Wednesday, the latest move in a growing rapprochement between Syria and Washington even as outreach to Syrian ally Iran appears to be faltering.
U.S. Diplomat, Syrian President Meet in Damascus Sarah Birke 2010
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DAMASCUS -- The Obama administration has told Syria that it will work to ease U.S. sanctions against Damascus, as Washington intensifies its pursuit of détente with a longtime Middle East rival.
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DAMASCUS: Damascus, arguably the world's oldest city, is bustling with chic new life as Ottoman-era homes are turned into boutique hotels and trendy
WN.com - Articles related to Poor resurfacing job endangering lives 2010
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DAMASCUS: Damascus, arguably the world's oldest city, is bustling with chic new life as Ottoman-era homes are turned into boutique hotels and trendy
WN.com - Articles related to Poor resurfacing job endangering lives 2010
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DAMASCUS - A committee of Damascus residents and historians have assembled a book chronicling the town's history as well as its 2008 bicentennial celebration.
Salem News 2010
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Iran denied Monday that cracks were appearing in its alliance with Syria over Iraq and Lebanon, areas where the Damascus government has been under U.S. pressure to change its policies.
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria has criticized this week's U.S. renewal of sanctions against Damascus, desribing them as a disappointment.
Fore, right! 2010
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DAMASCUS, 2 February 2009 (IRIN) - A shelter for people trafficking victims has just opened in an undisclosed location in Damascus.
IRIN 2009
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DAMASCUS, Syria, April 1 (UPI) -- Iran is looking to transport its natural gas to markets in Greece and Italy through Iraq and Syria, the Iranian oil minister said in Damascus.
unknown title 2009
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