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Definition of Damascus

Damascus
Damascus Da*mas"cus, n. [L.] A city of Syria. Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. Damascus iron, or Damascus twist, 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. Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask, a.

Meaning of Damascus from wikipedia

- Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MAS-kəs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest...
- Damascus steel (Arabic: فولاذ دمشقي) refers to the high carbon crucible steel of the blades of historical swords forged using the wootz process in the...
- Arkansas Damascus, Georgia Damascus, Maryland Damascus, Ohio Damascus, Oregon Damascus, Pennsylvania Damascus, Virginia Damascus Township, Wayne County,...
- John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Gr****: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o...
- Battle of Damascus or Siege of Damascus may refer to: Siege of Damascus (634), a siege during the Muslim conquest of Syria The Siege of Damascus, a 1720...
- Damascus is a town in Faulkner and Van Buren counties of central Arkansas, United States. The po****tion of Damascus was 382 at the 2010 census. Damascus...
- To Damascus (Swedish: Till Damaskus), also known as The Road to Damascus, is a trilogy of plays by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The first...
- Damascus University (Arabic: جامعة دمشق, romanized: Jāmiʾa Dimashq) is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with...
- the name to Damascus in 1914. The present name is a transfer from nearby Old Damascus, which it was named for Damascus, Syria. Old Damascus would be byp****ed...
- The Damascus affair of February 1840 was the disappearance of an Italian monk and his servant, for which a large number of Jews were summarily tortured...