DIMASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dimash mean? 

• DIMASH (noun)
  The noun DIMASH has 1 sense:

1. 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 Damascus

  Familiarity information: DIMASH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMASH (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 Damascus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Syria; Damascus; Dimash

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (members of "Dimash"):

Damascene (a native or inhabitant of Damascus)

Holonyms ("Dimash" 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)