Palmyra

palmyra English <dab!> Etymology From en grc Παλμύρα. For more see Palmyra#Etymology Pronunciation păl-mīʹrə UK,US, en /pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Palmyra.wav Southern England en Pal my ra en aɪɹə 3 Proper noun en An <<ancient city>>, an <<oasis>> in the <<desert/Syrian Desert>>, in present-day central <<c/Syria>>, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village. en 1979 Javier Teixidor The Pantheon of Palmyra Brill Publishers E. J. Brill https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TccUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA53&dq=%22Palmyra%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifvKipw6fjAhUJSX0KHeDtAhMQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=%22Palmyra%22&f=false 53 In the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus (1:131; 3.8) mentioned the importance of the cult of Al-Ilât, i.e. Allat, in ancient Arabia. Her sanctuary at Palmyra (Pl. XVII), excavated in the 1970s by the Polish mission, is in the neighborhood of the temple of Baal Shamin and lends a special character to the city's western quarter, in which Arab tribes settled during the second century B.C. en 1994 w:Lindsey Davis Last Act In Palmyra https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eVPxG55a9AIC&pg=PA297&dq=%22Palmyra%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifvKipw6fjAhUJSX0KHeDtAhMQ6AEIWTAI#v=onepage&q=%22Palmyra%22&f=false 297 Random House 2011 The chief man in Palmyra had been charged by Rome to police the trade routes, paying for his militia from his own well-stuffed coffers as befitted a rich man with a civic conscience. en 2005 Sebastian P. Brock Greek and Latin Words in Palmyrene Inscriptions: A comparison with Syriac Eleonora Cussini A Journey to Palmyra: Collected Essays to Remember Delbert R. Hillers Brill Publishers E. J. Brill https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oZcr7SzzVYYC&pg=PA11&dq=%22Palmyra%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifvKipw6fjAhUJSX0KHeDtAhMQ6AEITDAG#v=onepage&q=%22Palmyra%22&f=false 11 Edessa lies just under 300 kilometres north of Palmyra as the crow flies, and its Aramaic dialect, known today as Syriac, is closely related to that of Palmyra. en city/county seat co/Marion County s/Missouri c/USA. en bor in co/Burlington County s/New Jersey c/USA. TopoZone: Palmyra, New Jersey en town/and/village therein, in co/Wayne County s/New York c/USA. TopoZone: Palmyra, New York en CDP/county seat co/Fluvanna County s/Virginia c/USA. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Palmyra Township. en suburb city/Perth in the city:Pref/Melville s/Western Australia. Usage notes ancient city The inhabitants of the remnant village were relocated in 1932, during the French Mandate of Syria, to a new village nearby called Tadmur (from the old Palmyrene and Arabic name for Palmyra). Derived terms en Northern Palmyra en North Palmyra township en Palmyran Related terms en Palmyrena en Palmyrene en Palmyrenian Translations ancient city Arabic: ar تُدْمُر, ar تَدْمُر Aramaic: arc ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ Bulgarian: bg Палми́ра f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴爾米拉 Czech: cs Palmýra French: fr Palmyre f Greek: el Παλμύρα Ancient Greek: grc Παλμύρα, grc Παλμίρα Hebrew: he תַּדְמוֹר tadmór Hindi: hi पाल्मुरा Hungarian: hu Palmüra Icelandic: is Palmýra Italian: it Palmira f Latin: la Palmȳra f, la Palmīra f Polish: pl Palmyra f Portuguese: pt Palmira f Russian: ru Пальми́ра f Scots: sco Palmira Slovak: sk Palmýra Spanish: es Palmira f See also en Tadmorean References Anagrams en aalmpry palmary en Iraq German Etymology From de grc Παλμύρα. Pronunciation de De-Palmyra.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de <<ancient>> Semitic <<city>> in modern <<c/Syria>> Palmyra Derived terms de Palmyrer de palmyrisch Related terms de Palmyrene de Palmyrener de palmyrenisch Latin Alternative forms la Palmīra Etymology la Palmȳra :der grc:Παλμύρα + 1 Pronunciation Palmȳra Proper noun Palmȳra<1.loc> la <<ancient>> Semitic <<city>> in modern <<c/Syria>> Palmyra Declension Palmȳra<1.loc> References Polish pl: Etymology pl :lbor la:Palmȳra 2 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Palmyra.wav Proper noun f pl historical en Palmyra Related terms pl Palmyrena Further reading pl exonyms Portuguese Proper noun f Palmira 43 11