Homs

English edit

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Homs

Alternative forms edit

Hems, Hums (dated)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

enPR: hŏms, IPA^(key): /hɒms/

Proper noun edit

Homs

A city in Syria.
A governorate of Syria around the city.

Synonyms edit

Emesa (historical)

Derived terms edit

Homsi

Translations edit

city in Syria — see also Emesa

Arabic: حِمْص (ḥimṣ)
North Levantine Arabic: حمص (ḥomṣ)
Armenian: Հոմս (Homs)
Azerbaijani: Hüms (az)
Bulgarian: Хомс (Homs)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 霍姆斯 (zh) (Huòmǔsī)
Czech: Homs
Finnish: Homs
French: Homs (fr)
Old French: Hames
German: Homs (de)
Greek:
Ancient: Ἔμεσα (Émesa), Χέμψ (Khémps)
Hebrew: חוֹמְס (khoms)
Hindi: होम्स (homs)
Hungarian: Homsz (hu)
Italian: Homs
Japanese: ホムス (Homusu)
Korean: 홈스 (homseu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: حومس (ḧumis)
Latin: Emesa, Emessa
Ottoman Turkish: حمص (Hıms)
Persian: حُمص (hums)
Portuguese: Homs f
Romanian: Homs
Russian: Хомс (ru) m (Xoms)
Thai: ฮอมส์ (hɔɔm)
Turkish: Humus
Ukrainian: Хомс (Xoms)
Uyghur: ھىمس (hims)

Anagrams edit

H.M.S.O., HMOs, OHMS, mhos, mosh, ohms

Czech edit

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Homs

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈɦoms]

Proper noun edit

Homs m inan (related adjective homský, demonym Homsan, female demonym Homsanka)

Homs (a city in Syria)

Declension edit

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

French edit

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Homs

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɔms/

Proper noun edit

Homs ?

Homs (a city in Syria)

Derived terms edit

German edit

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Homs

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [hɔms]
Audio (file)

Proper noun edit

Homs n (proper noun, genitive Homs' or (with an article) Homs)

Homs (a city in Syria)

Derived terms edit

Portuguese edit

Proper noun edit

Homs f

Homs (a city in Syria)