homs

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/hɒms/

Definition of homs

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.
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name

  1. A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.
  2. A governorate in western Syria.

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Etymology

From a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Emesa.

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