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palmyra
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PALMYRA
PALMYRA Pal *my "ra, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis ) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Palmyra
Pal my ra |palˈmīrə pælˈmaɪrə | an ancient city in Syria, an oasis in the Syrian desert northeast of Damascus on the site of present-day Tadmur. ORIGIN Greek form of the city's modern and ancient pre-Semitic name Tadmur or Tadmor, meaning ‘city of palms. ’
palmyra
pal my ra |palˈmīrə pælˈmaɪrə | ▶noun an Asian fan palm that yields a wide range of useful products, including timber, fiber, and fruit. [Borassus flabellifer, family Palmae. ] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Portuguese palmeira ‘palm tree. ’ The change in the ending was due to association with the name of the ancient city of Palmyra .
Oxford Dictionary
Palmyra
Palmyra |palˈmʌɪrə | an ancient city of Syria, an oasis in the Syrian desert north-east of Damascus on the site of present-day Tadmur. ORIGIN Greek form of the city's modern and ancient pre-Semitic name Tadmur or Tadmor, meaning ‘city of palms ’.
palmyra
pal |myra |palˈmʌɪrə | ▶noun an Asian fan palm which yields a wide range of useful products, including timber, fibre, and fruit. ●Borassus flabellifer, family Palmae. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Portuguese palmeira ‘palm tree ’. The change in the ending was due to association with the name of the city of Palmyra .
Duden Dictionary
Palmyra
Pal my ra Eigenname |Palm y ra |Stadt in der Syrischen Wüste
Palmyrapalme
Pal my ra pal me Substantiv, feminin , die |Palm y rapalme |
The Wordsmith Dictionary