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Damascus

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capital of syrianoun	an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of syria; according to the new testament, the apostle paul (then known as saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to damascus

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capital of syrianoun	an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of syria; according to the new testament, the apostle paul (then known as saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to damascus
beirutnoun	The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
alepponoun	The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
baghdadnoun	The capital city of Iraq.
haifanoun	A port city in northern Israel.
syrianoun	A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
medinanoun	A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
syriannoun	A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.
levantnoun	A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
ladiesnoun	(British, euphemistic) A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
checkersnoun	(board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
assadnoun	An Arab surname, notably borne by Syrian presidents Hafez al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad.
damasnoun	A surname.
shara	(Sumerian: 𒀭𒁈, dšara2) a Mesopotamian god associated with the city of Umma and other nearby settlements.
syrians	the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, who have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue.
talksnoun	a discussion intended to produce an agreement
caironoun	The capital city of Egypt.
jerusalemnoun	A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.
ammannoun	The capital city of Jordan.
tartusnoun	A city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria.