Damasco — meaning in English

English meaning

• apricot noun A small round fruit with soft orange skin and flesh, related to the peach and plum.
• Damascus noun The capital city of Syria, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Senses

Damasco is used for these senses in English:

• Damascus The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.
• apricot Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
• apricot The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
• apricot A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
• damask An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.

apricot — full definition

1. noun A small round fruit with soft orange skin and flesh, related to the peach and plum.
2. adj A pale orange colour, like that of the fruit.

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