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Damascene
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damascene damascène
English
Etymology 1
From en la Damascēnus, from en grc Δαμασκηνός. en Damascus -ene. The sense pertaining to a sudden and complete change in one's beliefs refers to the conversion of St Paul to Christianity on the road to Damascus.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdæməˌsiːn/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Damascene.wav Southern England
Adjective
Of or relating to Damascus.
Pertaining to a sudden and complete change in one's beliefs.
Derived terms
en Damascene conversion
Translations
of or relating to Damascus
Afrikaans: af Damasseens, af Damaskeens
Arabic: ar دِمَشْقِيّ
Asturian: ast damasquín, ast damascenu
Bulgarian: bg дама́ски
Catalan: ca damasquí, ca damascè
Finnish: fi damaskolainen
French: fr damasquin
German: de damaszenisch
Hungarian: hu damaszkuszi
Italian: it damaschino, it damasceno
Korean: ko 다마스쿠스-의
Latin: la damascēnus
Persian: fa دمشقی demašqi, fa شامی šâmi
Polish: pl damasceński
Portuguese: pt damasceno
Sicilian: scn damascinu
Slovak: sk damaský, sk damascénsky
Spanish: es damasceno
Ukrainian: uk дама́ський m
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Damascus.
Translations
native or inhabitant of Damascus
Afrikaans: af Damasseen, af Damaskener
Arabic: ar دِمَشْقِيّ m, ar دِمَشْقِيّة f
Asturian: ast damasquín m, ast damascenu m, ast damasquina f, ast damascena f
Catalan: ca damasquí m
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏕᎹᏍᎦ
Finnish: fi damaskolainen
French: fr Damascène m f
German: de Damaszener m, de Damaszenerin f
Hungarian: hu damaszkuszi
Italian: it damasceno m, it damascena f
Korean: ko 다마스쿠스-인
Persian: fa دمشقی demašqi, fa شامی šâmi
Portuguese: pt damasceno m, pt damascena f
Spanish: es damasceno m, es damascena f
Etymology 2
From en grc Δαμασκηνή.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Damascene2.wav Southern England
en iːni 4
Proper noun
en Damascena
en 2013 The Arabs in Antiquity https://books.google.com/books?id=uq2_tK0L2g4C [...] how Alexander Jannaeus, after a treaty with a king in Petra who controlled the whole area from Elat to Damascene [...]
Translations
Damascena
References
Anagrams
en aacdeemns damasceen
en Demonyms Syria
Latin
Pronunciation
Damascēnē
Proper noun
Damascēnē<1>
la Damascēna la region c/Syria Damascene
Declension
Damascēnē<1.loc>
References
Adjective
la adjective form Damascēne
la Damascēnus voc m s