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    DAMASCUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 Damascusplay

    Synonyms:

    capital of Syria; Damascus; Dimash

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    national capital (the capital city of a nation)

    Meronyms (members of "Damascus"):

    Damascene (a native or inhabitant of Damascus)

    Holonyms ("Damascus" is a part of...):

    Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization)

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