Palmyra
See also: palmyra
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). For more see 
Palmyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) enPR: păl-mīʹrə, IPA(key): /pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: Pal‧my‧ra
- Rhymes: -aɪɹə
Proper noun edit
Palmyra
- An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central 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.
- 1979, Javier Teixidor, The Pantheon of Palmyra, E. J. Brill, page 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.
- 1994, Lindsey Davis, Last Act In Palmyra, Random House, published 2011, page 297:
- 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.
- 2005, Sebastian P. Brock, “Greek and Latin Words in Palmyrene Inscriptions: A comparison with Syriac”, in Eleonora Cussini, editor, A Journey to Palmyra: Collected Essays to Remember Delbert R. Hillers, E. J. Brill, page 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.
- A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Palmyra Township.
Usage notes edit
(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 edit
- Northern Palmyra
- North Palmyra (township)
- Palmyran
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Translations edit
ancient city
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Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Palmyra n (proper noun, genitive Palmyras or (optionally with an article) Palmyra)
Derived terms edit
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /palˈmyː.ra/, [päɫ̪ˈmyːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /palˈmi.ra/, [pälˈmiːrä]
Proper noun edit
Palmȳra f sg (genitive Palmȳrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Palmȳra |
| Genitive | Palmȳrae |
| Dative | Palmȳrae |
| Accusative | Palmȳram |
| Ablative | Palmȳrā |
| Vocative | Palmȳra |
| Locative | Palmȳrae |
References edit
- “Palmyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Palmyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Palmȳra, from Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Palmyra f
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Further reading edit
- Palmyra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Palmyra f
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Palmira.