Дамаск — meaning in English
Damask
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English meaning
- Damascus noun The capital city of Syria, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Senses
Дамаск 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.
- Damascus steel A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water.