. Damascus Arabic (llahže ššāmiyye) or Damascus Dialect is a North Levantine Arabic spoken dialect, indigenous to and spoken primarily in Damascus. As...
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Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MAS-kəs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest...
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John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o...
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Jewish Quarter of Damascus (Arabic: حارة اليهود, DMG Ḥārat al-Yahūd) is the quarter in the southeastern part of the Old City of Damascus inhabited mainly...
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The Damascus University (Arabic: جامعة دمشق, romanized: Jāmiʾa Dimashq) is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with...
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language by the name of their country. شامي šāmi can refer to Damascus Arabic, Syrian Arabic, or Levantine as a whole. Lebanese literary figure Said Akl...
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Damascus steel (Arabic: فولاذ دمشقي) refers to the high carbon crucible steel of the blades of historical swords forged using the wootz process in the...
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The old city of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city, which...
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The History of Damascus (Arabic: تاريخ دمشق, romanized: Tarikh Dimashq) is a major classical Islamic encyclopedic work and is considered the largest biographical...
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The Four Seasons Hotel Damascus (Arabic: فُنْدُق فَوْر سِيزُون دِمَشْق, romanized: Funduq Fawr Sīzūn Dimašq) is a 297-room five-star hotel and was part...
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Damascus Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, is divided into two cities: the city of Damascus and the city of Yarmouk. The city of Damascus is...
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Damascus Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة دمشق Muḥāfaẓat Dimashq) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. Completely surrounded by the Rif...
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Umayyad Mosque (redirect from Great Mosque of Damascus)
Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital...
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Damascus International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, romanized: Maṭār Dimašq ad-Duwaliyy) (IATA: DAM, ICAO: OSDI) is the international airport...
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The Citadel of Damascus (Arabic: قلعة دمشق, romanized: Qalʿat Dimašq) is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. It is part...
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The State of Damascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشق Dawlat Dimashq) was one of the six states established by the French General Henri Gouraud...
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associated with the city of Damascus in Syria: A native or inhabitant of Damascus Damascus Arabic, the local dialect of Damascus Damascus steel, developed for...
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Ottoman Syria (category History articles needing translation from Arabic Wikipedia)
Salamiyah (سلمية) The Sanjak of Homs (حمص) The Eyalet of Damascus (Arabic: إيالة دمشق) The Sanjak of Damascus (دمشق) The Sanjak of Tripoli (طرابلس) The Sanjak...
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Damascus Eyalet (Arabic: إيالة دمشق; Ottoman Turkish: ایالت شام, romanized: Eyālet-i Šām) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the...
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of Damascus since 1918. Damascus History of Damascus Timeline of Damascus List of governors of Aleppo List of governors of Homs "List of Damascus governors...
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Israeli aggression on residential neighborhoods in Damascus]. Syrian Arab News Agency (in Arabic). 19 February 2023. Fabian, Emanuel (19 February 2023)...
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including all Lebanese dialects, Damascus Arabic, Druze Arabic, and Çukurova Arabic. Versteegh notes that Cypriot Arabic is usually included in this group...
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The Battle of Damascus (Arabic: معركة دمشق), also known as Operation Damascus Volcano (Arabic: عملية بركان دمشق), started on 15 July 2012 during the Syrian...
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a French Orientalist, who brought his concern before the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus in 1928. Massignon's attempt at Romanization failed as the...
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The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city...
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Barada (redirect from Rivers of Damascus)
The Barada (Arabic: بَرَدَىٰ / ALA-LC: Baradā) is the main river of Damascus, the capital city of Syria. "Barada" is thought to be derived from the word...
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Ismat ad-Din Khatun (category People from Damascus)
ad-Dīn Khātūn (Arabic: عصمت الدين خاتون; died 1186), also known as Asimat, was the daughter of Mu'in ad-Din Unur, regent of Damascus. She had been the...
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Palestine, and in 1239 by an-Nasir Da'ud. The Damascus Gate is the only Jerusalem gate to have preserved its Arabic name, Bab al-Amud ('Gate of the Column')...
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The Arab Academy of Damascus (Arabic: مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق) is the oldest academy regulating the Arabic language, established in 1918 during the reign...
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instead of the typical urban /ʒ/ used in Damascus Arabic and in Lebanese Arabic. It agrees with Lebanese Arabic with its usage of medial imāla which often...
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