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Damascus
[duh-mas-kuhs]
noun
a city in and the capital of Syria, in the SW part: reputed to be the oldest continuously existing city in the world.
Damascus
/ -ˈmæs-, dəˈmɑːskəs /
noun
Arabic names: Dimashq. Esh Sham.the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)
Damascus
1An ancient city in Syria (and still its capital today). The Apostle Paul, then an official called Saul, was on his way from Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem) to Damascus to arrest Christians (see also Christian). He underwent a dramatic conversion on the road, in which he fell from his horse, saw a dazzling light, and “heard a voice saying unto him, ‘Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? … I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.’”
Damascus
2Capital of Syria and largest city in the country, located in southwestern Syria; the country's administrative, financial, and communications center.
Example Sentences
The American journalist vanished near the Syrian capital of Damascus in August 2012, just days after his 31st birthday.
Forty-five minutes after that, we were in Damascus.
One communication, marked "top secret" shows that he was held in a detention facility in the capital Damascus in 2012.
Thousands of nationalist Israelis descended to Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances.
"We are the North Korea of the Middle East," a hotel receptionist in Damascus told me last December when I asked for another electronic hotel key.
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